[SOLVED] Failing to compile wireshark, conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘iface_mon_cb’ error

cheese1343 · 03-28-2013, 04:06 AM

Hello,

I am trying to install wireshark on my Chakra Linux (updated fully) and keep getting this error:

Code:

  CC     wireshark-iface_monitor.o
iface_monitor.c: In function ‘iface_mon_handler2’:
iface_monitor.c:80:23: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘iface_mon_cb’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [wireshark-iface_monitor.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ccrbuild-1000/wireshark-svn/wireshark-svn/src/wireshark-build'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ccrbuild-1000/wireshark-svn/wireshark-svn/src/wireshark-build'
make: *** [all] Error 2
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
The build failed.

I tried installing it from Chakra's ccr, then by using 'make', and finally with a version from Arch's aur, each time with the same error.
Please if anyone knows the answer, I would appreciate it, as I really need wireshark for a college course.

business_kid · 03-29-2013, 03:19 PM

Quote:

cc1: all warnings being treated as errors

That's a compile option somewhere, or maybe a configure option. Fix that first.

cheese1343 · 04-03-2013, 04:23 AM

All right, but I don't really know how to do that. I assume it has to do with the PKGBUILD file, and if you could tell me which part exactly, it would be very appreciated...

Code:

pkgname=wireshark-svn
pkgver=48717
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A free network protocol analyzer for Unix/Linux. SVN version"
arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
license=('GPL2')
depends=('gtk2' 'heimdal' 'libpcap' 'gnutls' 'c-ares' 'e2fsprogs' 'lua' 'portaudio' 'geoip' 'libsmi' 'perl-parse-yapp' 'perl-libwww')
makedepends=('subversion')
url="http://www.wireshark.org/"
md5sums=('504ede44c02b2a52f6cbd3bffdf93b8d'
         'e771800a8c977fe223583a453bc27397')
replaces=('ethereal')
provides=('wireshark')
source=("wireshark.desktop"
        "wireshark.png")

 _svnmod="wireshark"
 _svntrunk="http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk/"

build() {
    cd ${srcdir}

  if [ -d $_svnmod/.svn ]; then
    (cd $_svnmod && svn up -r $pkgver)
  else
    svn co $_svntrunk --config-dir ./ -r $pkgver $_svnmod
  fi


  msg "SVN checkout done or server timeout"
  msg "Starting make..."

  cp -r ./$_svnmod ./$_svnmod-build
  cd ./$_svnmod-build

  export CFLAGS="-fno-unit-at-a-time ${CFLAGS}"
./autogen.sh
  #cmake cmake/ . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
  ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-ssl --enable-airpcap || return 1
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=${pkgdir} install || return 1

  install -Dm644 ${srcdir}/wireshark.png ${pkgdir}/usr/share/icons/wireshark.png
  install -Dm644 ${srcdir}/wireshark.desktop ${pkgdir}/usr/share/applications/wireshark.desktop
}

It has been a few days since the original post, and I tried running the install script again, but this time it gave even more errors:

Code:

  CC     wireshark-ws80211_utils.o
ws80211_utils.c: In function ‘error_handler’:
ws80211_utils.c:109:13: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘int *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c: In function ‘finish_handler’:
ws80211_utils.c:116:13: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘int *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c: In function ‘ack_handler’:
ws80211_utils.c:123:13: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘int *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c: In function ‘get_phys_handler’:
ws80211_utils.c:162:28: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘struct genlmsghdr *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c:164:34: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘struct nliface_cookie *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c:193:3: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘struct nlattr *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c:201:8: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘gpointer’ to ‘struct ws80211_interface *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c:213:2: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘struct nlattr *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c:217:6: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘struct nlattr *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c:231:3: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘struct nlattr *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c:234:7: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘struct nlattr *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c:250:3: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘struct nlattr *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c: In function ‘get_iface_info_handler’:
ws80211_utils.c:324:28: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘struct genlmsghdr *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c:326:36: error: request for implicit conversion from ‘void *’ to ‘struct __iface_info *’ not permitted in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c:340:3: error: enum conversion in assignment is invalid in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c:343:4: error: enum conversion in assignment is invalid in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
ws80211_utils.c: In function ‘ws80211_get_iface_info’:
ws80211_utils.c:393:2: error: enum conversion in assignment is invalid in C++ [-Werror=c++-compat]
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
make[2]: *** [wireshark-ws80211_utils.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ccrbuild-1000/wireshark-svn/wireshark-svn/src/wireshark-build'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/ccrbuild-1000/wireshark-svn/wireshark-svn/src/wireshark-build'
make: *** [all] Error 2
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
The build failed.

So the only thing i can really tell from all this is that there is some conversion errors, and that this is not permitted, but what does [-Werror=c++-compat] mean? Is there some flag to be set that would allow for the conversion to happen?

EDIT:

I just noticed that all the source files giving errors are .c files, but they are being compiled for C++ instead of C... could this be the problem, and if it is, how would I fix this?

business_kid · 04-04-2013, 06:02 AM

Just grabbed the svn myself.

Just looking at the README, it uses YACC, and defaults to bison -y, byacc, or yacc. I would specify that. I would also do a clean svn download and tarball it (tar -cjf wireshark-svn.tar.bz2) and specify which compiler it is given. I'll let you know how I get on.

business_kid · 04-04-2013, 06:50 AM

Built without issues here.

Megabytes of warnings - apparently he defined stuff all over the place which wasn't used. I built

Code:

./configure --prefix=/usr libdir=/usr/lib64 --sysconfdir=/etc && make

and it worked. maybe add --disable-warnings-as-errors?

I don't have c-ares, so some code is disabled. Read the INSTALL file - For Once it's a meaningful document. I have bison (GNU Bison) 2.5.1, gcc (GCC) 4.7.1, & flex 2.5.35 on Slackware-14.0. Maybe if you have another distro, you may need development packages.

cheese1343 · 04-07-2013, 03:19 PM

Well, thank you for all your help, but the problem seems to have resolved itself... I tried it again today and it worked just fine. I have no idea why the sudden change, perhaps there was an update. Kind of dissapointing, since I never got to find out what the actual problem was. Anyway, I will mark this thread as solved, and thanks again.

business_kid · 04-08-2013, 03:37 AM

If you did the clean download, that would explain it.