netdev - [PATCH iproute2] configure: require libmnl

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Message-Id: <20180531193209.27406-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>
Date:   Thu, 31 May 2018 15:32:09 -0400
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Subject: [PATCH iproute2] configure: require libmnl

Several users of BPF and other features are trying to build without
libmnl, then complaining that features don't work.  The time has
come to require libmnl to build iproute2.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
---
 configure        | 20 +++++++++++---------
 lib/libnetlink.c | 10 ----------
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5ef5cd4cf9cd..209d78b6bf19 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -281,16 +281,18 @@ check_selinux()
 
 check_mnl()
 {
-	if ${PKG_CONFIG} libmnl --exists
-	then
-		echo "HAVE_MNL:=y" >>$CONFIG
-		echo "yes"
+    if ${PKG_CONFIG} libmnl --exists
+    then
+	echo "HAVE_MNL:=y" >>$CONFIG
+	echo "yes"
 
-		echo 'CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBMNL' `${PKG_CONFIG} libmnl --cflags` >>$CONFIG
-		echo 'LDLIBS +=' `${PKG_CONFIG} libmnl --libs` >> $CONFIG
-	else
-		echo "no"
-	fi
+	echo 'CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBMNL' `${PKG_CONFIG} libmnl --cflags` >>$CONFIG
+	echo 'LDLIBS +=' `${PKG_CONFIG} libmnl --libs` >> $CONFIG
+    else
+	echo "no"
+	echo "libmnl is required. please install libmnl-dev or libmnl-devel" 1>&2
+	exit 1
+    fi
 }
 
 check_berkeley_db()
diff --git a/lib/libnetlink.c b/lib/libnetlink.c
index 928de1dd16d8..ab8ea85d5dd9 100644
--- a/lib/libnetlink.c
+++ b/lib/libnetlink.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 int rcvbuf = 1024 * 1024;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBMNL
 #include <libmnl/libmnl.h>
 
 static const enum mnl_attr_data_type extack_policy[NLMSGERR_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
@@ -116,15 +115,6 @@ int nl_dump_ext_ack(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, nl_ext_ack_fn_t errfn)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-#else
-#warning "libmnl required for error support"
-
-/* No extended error ack without libmnl */
-int nl_dump_ext_ack(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh, nl_ext_ack_fn_t errfn)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif
 
 void rtnl_close(struct rtnl_handle *rth)
 {
-- 
2.17.0