Compiling rsyslog 4.x or 5.x on Redhat 5.5

forrie · 04-09-2010, 01:40 PM

We want to begin centralizing our system logs to a dedicated server, using a daemon that is flexible and offers more features. After some research, I decided to give rsyslog a whirl (versus syslog-ng). The problem has come down to compilation errors which, unfortunately, I've not been able to resolve otherwise (rsyslog forums) and it appears this is a larger problem with the product. So before I begin making another decision, I wanted to get some input from others here.

Here is a snippet of the errors:

Code:

/usr/local/src/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.4.0/runtime/queue.c:1291: undefined reference to `ATOMIC_SUB'
    /usr/local/src/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.4.0/runtime/queue.c:1292: undefined reference to `ATOMIC_SUB'
    /usr/local/src/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.4.0/runtime/queue.c:1291: undefined reference to `ATOMIC_SUB'
    /usr/local/src/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.4.0/runtime/queue.c:1292: undefined reference to `ATOMIC_SUB'
    /usr/local/src/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.4.0/runtime/queue.c:1291: undefined reference to `ATOMIC_SUB'
    ../runtime/.libs/librsyslog.a(librsyslog_la-queue.o):/usr/local/src/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.4.0/runtime/queue.c:1292: more undefined references to `ATOMIC_SUB' follow
    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
    make[2]: *** [rsyslogd] Error 1
    make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.4.0/tools'
    make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
    make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.4.0'
    make: *** [all] Error 2

So where is this ATOMIC_SUB not being defined correctly?

My configure args are very simple:

Code:

./configure --enable-mysql --enable-mail --enable-gui

When I trim this down to just enable mysql, it still has the same errors. Early on in the compile process I see these errors:

Code:

make  all-recursive
    make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.4.0'
    Making all in doc
    make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.4.0/doc'
    make[2]: Nothing to be done for `all'.
    make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.4.0/doc'
    Making all in runtime
    make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/local/src/rsyslog/rsyslog-5.4.0/runtime'
      CC     librsyslog_la-rsyslog.lo
      CC     librsyslog_la-glbl.lo
    In file included from glbl.c:42:
    atomic.h:64:3: warning: #warning "atomic builtins not available, using nul operations - rsyslogd will probably be racy!"

I tried compiling 5.5.2 and get the same errors.

So at this point it's not looking very promising. I suppose there may be a reason why Redhat's distribution (RPM) only has version 3.x of rsyslog, perhaps related to this.

Any constructive feedback would be welcomed. Even suggestions of a different product/direction.

Thanks.

AlucardZero · 04-09-2010, 03:10 PM

What version gcc? What are your CFLAGS set to? Try downloading gcccpuopt, and running export CFLAGS=`sh gcccpuopt`. Some of the Google results say that the -march CFLAG is wrong, and gcccpuopt will pick the best one for your CPU.

knudfl · 04-09-2010, 03:52 PM

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/list...log/users/3404
Bottom of page :
The adding CFLAGS="-march=i686" to the configure script solved my trouble.

http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-build_from_repo.html
./configure CFLAGS="-march=i586 -mcpu=i686" --enable-imfile ... (whatever you need)

So this will do ..

Code:

./configure CFLAGS="-march=i586 -mcpu=i686" --enable-imfile --enable-mysql --enable-mail

Result : make runs with no errors.

I am not sure, you can --enable-gui .
Stops in the ( empty ) java/ directory then :
.. no rule to make target .. ( to non existing files.)
.. .....

knudfl · 04-09-2010, 04:18 PM

More info : The "GIT" version has the GUI files included,
rsyslog/java/com/rsyslog/gui/
http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-build_from_repo.html

git clone git://git.adiscon.com/git/rsyslog.git

cd rsyslog/ && autoreconf -fvi && configure --<options>
&& make ......... And no errors using this :

Code:

./configure CFLAGS="-march=i586 -mcpu=i686" --enable-gui --enable-mysql --enable-mail