netdev - Re: Report: iproute2 build broken?

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Date:   Mon, 4 Jul 2022 12:04:14 -0400
From:   Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
To:     Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
Cc:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Report: iproute2 build broken?

Should have said this is a really old system, but shouldnt really matter, yes?

$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.7 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
hadi@...daloo:~/sample-iproute2-p4tc$ uname -a
Linux vindaloo 4.4.0-210-generic #242-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 09:57:56
UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

cheers,
jamal

On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 11:51 AM Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com> wrote:
>
> I have to admit i am being lazy here digging into the
> root cause but normally iproute2 should just build
> standalone regardless especially when it is a stable
> version:
>
> $ cat include/version.h
> static const char version[] = "5.18.0";
>
> $make
> ..
> ....
> .....
>   CC       iplink_bond.o
> iplink_bond.c:935:10: error: initializer element is not constant
>   .desc = ipstats_stat_desc_bond_tmpl_lacp,
>           ^
> iplink_bond.c:935:10: note: (near initialization for
> ‘ipstats_stat_desc_xstats_bond_lacp.desc’)
> iplink_bond.c:957:10: error: initializer element is not constant
>   .desc = ipstats_stat_desc_bond_tmpl_lacp,
>           ^
> iplink_bond.c:957:10: note: (near initialization for
> ‘ipstats_stat_desc_xstats_slave_bond_lacp.desc’)
> ../config.mk:40: recipe for target 'iplink_bond.o' failed
> make[1]: *** [iplink_bond.o] Error 1
> Makefile:77: recipe for target 'all' failed
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
> There's more if you fix that one given a whole lot
> of dependencies
>
> cheers,
> jamal