Hi,

I am trying to install mod_security by compiling it from source but finding myself encountering with this error message after running "make test".

> /usr/local/src/modsecurity-apache_2.6.5/tests/../apache2/re_operators.c:407: undefined reference to `ap_regexec'
> /usr/local/src/modsecurity-apache_2.6.5/tests/../apache2/re_operators.c:421: undefined reference to `ap_regexec'
> /usr/local/src/modsecurity-apache_2.6.5/tests/../apache2/re_operators.c:375: undefined reference to `ap_pregcomp'
> msc_test-re_operators.o: In function `msre_op_rsub_param_init':
> /usr/local/src/modsecurity-apache_2.6.5/modsecurity/tests/../apache2/re_operators.c:315: undefined reference to `ap_pregcomp'

By the way, I did not receive any error messages when running ./configure.

I run httpd-2.2.22 on Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS.

Thank you in advance

Hi,

According to the documentation:
you should use:
FYI it still gives an error in 574 tests.


So if "make" finished without errors don't bother too much. Go ahead and run "make install" as root to install the module

Regards

Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I tried to run "make CFLAGS=-DMSC_TEST test" before and received the same kind of errors. I then tried just "make test" and this too produced errors.

All right, maybe I should go ahead running "make install". And thank you for the tip. Just for curiosity, would that tip apply to any packages that are installed from their sources?

Many thanks

You should first run:
to clean sources and then re-run ./configure (adding any options needed by your system)
Then as the developer says, run "make" to compile sources and optionally test by running "make CFLAGS=-DMSC_TEST test". And of course "make install" to install the module.

In general yes. If you read the INSTALL file that comes with most software sources, it says to run just ./configure, make, make install. Most of them do not even include a test suite in their Makefiles.