hello fellow Linux newbies,

Please help. I have been trying to install IBM communications manager in one of our Linux machines [2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5 (Santiago)], and one of the required dependency is to install LiS-2.9.0. I tried following the readme provided by IBM and it was going well until the part where LiS-2.9.0 is supposed to be installed. They provided the path ftp://ftp.uk.metaswitch.com/pub/LiS/LiS-2.19.0.tgz where to download LiS-2.9.0 plus a patch that is in their installation folders. I have the following errors after applying the patch and running the build script:

CC head/linux/head.o
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/head.c: In function ‘lis_strdoioctl’:
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/head.c:3903: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/head.c:3931: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
CC head/linux/dki.o
CC head/linux/msg.o
CC head/linux/mod.o
CC head/linux/buffcall.o
CC head/linux/mdep.o
In file included from /usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/mdep.c:26:
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c: In function ‘lis_fattach’:
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c:3062: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘putname’ from incompatible po inter type
///usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/include/linux/fs.h:2170: note: expected ‘struct filename *’ bu t argument is of type ‘const char *’
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c: In function ‘lis_ioc_fdetach’:
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c:3258: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c:3266: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘putname’ from incompatible po inter type
///usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/include/linux/fs.h:2170: note: expected ‘struct filename *’ bu t argument is of type ‘char *’
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c: In function ‘lis_fattach_new’:
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c:3281: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c:3324: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘putname’ from incompatible po inter type
///usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/include/linux/fs.h:2170: note: expected ‘struct filename *’ bu t argument is of type ‘char *’
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c:3325: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c: In function ‘lis_fattach_delete’:
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c:3364: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘putname’ from incompatible po inter type
///usr/src/kernels/2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64/include/linux/fs.h:2170: note: expected ‘struct filename *’ bu t argument is of type ‘const char *’
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c: In function ‘lis_ioctl32_str’:
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c:4003: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c: In function ‘_lis_cleanup_module’:
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c:4233: error: too few arguments to function ‘invalidate_inodes’
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c: In function ‘lis_thread_runqueues’:
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c:4442: warning: cast from pointer to integer of different size
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c: In function ‘lis_start_qsched’:
/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c:4571: warning: cast to pointer from integer of different size
make[2]: *** [mdep.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux/streamshead.o] Error 2
make: *** [.config_mk] Error 2
Error in make, buildLiS script aborting

How did the patching go? The compiler has a problem with '/usr/src/LiS-2.19/head/linux-mdep.c' at line 4571, with what it considers invalid casting. You can either try to fix the problem yourself, or call tech support. Red Hat includes free tech support. Perhaps you need to upgrade to the latest version for the IBM program to work correctly.

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Thank you for your reply. I used another version of ibm comms manager installer and ut came with a patch for Lis2.9. I’ll close the thread. Thanks again.