libs, headers, and compilations

[Verde Denim]

On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Christopher Chan <
christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:

> On Monday, October 11, 2010 06:38 AM, Verde Denim wrote:
> > Turns out I need the latest and greatest version of msf on my ubuntu
> > portable for work, so I've been following the instructions on their site
> > which (I have to say so far) are pretty good.
> > In compiling lorcon, however, I noted a couple of warnings that I cannot
> > quite interpret and am hoping someone here can help with -
> >
> > checking for linux/if_arp.h usability... no
> > checking for linux/if_arp.h presence... yes
> > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: present but cannot be compiled
> > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: check for missing prerequisite
> headers?
> > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: see the Autoconf documentation
> > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: section "Present But Cannot Be
> Compiled"
> > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's
> > result
> > configure: WARNING: linux/if_arp.h: in the future, the compiler will
> > take precedence
> > checking for linux/if_arp.h... yes
> >
> > checking for linux/wireless.h usability... no
> > checking for linux/wireless.h presence... yes
> > configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: present but cannot be compiled
> > configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: check for missing prerequisite
> > headers?
> > configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: see the Autoconf documentation
> > configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: section "Present But Cannot Be
> > Compiled"
> > configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's
> > result
> > configure: WARNING: linux/wireless.h: in the future, the compiler will
> > take precedence
> > checking for linux/wireless.h... yes
> > configure: WARNING: Missing libnl netlink library will not be able to
> > control mac80211 vaps
> > no libnl/libnl doesn't have mac80211 support
> >
> > I did check for these header files and they are on the system under
> > /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.32-25/include/linux/ (as well as under the
> > 25-generic subdir)
> >
> > Am I missing something else?
>
> Try to see if libnl-dev is installed for the mac80211 support 'error'.
>
> Then go ahead and run make dep and try to compile and see whether lorcon
> will compile or not.
>
> Chris
Thanks! That got rid of the mac80211 problem!
Any thoughts on the other two warnings concerning wireless.h and if_arp.h?

Jack

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