[collectd] Still won't compile on Ubuntu Server 11.04, 11.10

[Amer]

Hold on I think I misread you. Did you manage to get collectd to
compile successfully on Ubuntu at the end, after installing flex? Or
you were just pointing out another compiling issue which could be
fixed by installing flex?



On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:46 AM, Bill Harris <savoy9020 at texoma.net> wrote:
> Amer,
>
> Sorry,  it's just flex
>
> Bill
>
>
> On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:41 PM, Amer wrote:
>
>> Ok but I couldn't find such package name on ubuntu. Is flex-dev its
>> full package name?
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:19 AM, Bill Harris <savoy9020 at texoma.net> wrote:
>>> Amer,
>>>
>>> Something else I've noticed when compiling on Ubuntu..
>>>
>>> Configure misses the fact that libfl.x is missing..  and exit normally,
>>> The make then fails with the -lfl error.
>>>
>>> Installing flex-dev solves the problem, but figured I'd mention
>>> it since it seems to have been missed.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Amer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Same problem here. I thought this was gonna get fixed in the 5.0.1
>>>> when they pushed a new update recently
>>>>
>>>> Florian, could we request for a minor update with fix for this bug on
>>>> the collectd package on the main site? If someone could come up with a
>>>> fix patch that would be appreciated too
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Bill Harris <savoy9020 at texoma.net> wrote:
>>>>> This has been occurring for several months..  Anyone seen
>>>>> a patch for it?    This was from daily tarball..
>>>>>
>>>>> Bill
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> make[3]: Entering directory `/work/collectd-5.0.1/src/owniptc'
>>>>> /bin/bash ../../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../src    -Wall -Werror -g -O2 -c -o libip4tc.lo libip4tc.c
>>>>> libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../src -Wall -Werror -g -O2 -c libip4tc.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/libip4tc.o
>>>>> In file included from libip4tc.c:136:0:
>>>>> libiptc.c:84:8: error: redefinition of ‘struct xt_error_target’
>>>>> /usr/include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h:69:8: note: originally defined here
>>>>> make[3]: *** [libip4tc.lo] Error 1
>>>>>
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