[collectd] RESEND: Collectd 5.8.0 'make' error - kstat_t unknown type. [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Pavel]

On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 07:46:57 +1100 Craig Burtenshaw 
<craigaburtenshaw at gmail.com> wrote:

>>
>> Hi experts,
>>
> 
> Resending as I'm not sure whether this message was received by the group correctly.


Hi!

Can you please report this as issue on Github 
https://github.com/collectd/collectd/ ?


>> I’m trying to install collectd-5.8.0 on a Solaris 11.3 (SRU: 11.3.35.6.0),
>> it fails to ‘make’.
>>
>>
>>
>> *$ make*
>>
>> *make  all-am*
>>
>> *  CC       src/utils_cmds.lo*
>>
>> *In file included from src/utils_cmds.c:30:0:*
>>
>> *src/daemon/common.h:285:15: error: unknown type name 
>>âkstat_tâ; did you mean âfloat_tâ?*
>>
>> *int get_kstat(kstat_t **ksp_ptr, char *module, int 
>>instance, char *name);*
>>
>> *               ^~~~~~~*
>>
>> *               float_t*
>>
>> *src/daemon/common.h:286:27: error: unknown type name 
>>âkstat_tâ; did you
>> mean âfloat_tâ?*
>>
>> *long long get_kstat_value(kstat_t *ksp, char *name);*
>>
>> *                           ^~~~~~~*
>>
>> *                           float_t*
>>
>> **** Error code 1*
>>
>> *The following command caused the error:*
>>
>> *echo "  CC      " src/utils_cmds.lo;depbase=`echo 
>>src/utils_cmds.lo | sed
>> 's|[^/]*$|.deps/&|;s|\.lo$||'`;\*
>>
>> */bin/sh ./libtool --silent --tag=CC    --mode=compile 
>>gcc
>> -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -I. -I./src  -I./src -I./src/daemon
>> -DPREFIX='"/opt/collectd"'
>> -DCONFIGFILE='"/opt/collectd/etc/collectd.conf"'
>> -DLOCALSTATEDIR='"/opt/collectd/var"'
>> -DPKGLOCALSTATEDIR='"/opt/collectd/var/lib/collectd"'
>> -DPLUGINDIR='"/opt/collectd/lib/collectd"'
>> -DPKGDATADIR='"/opt/collectd/share/collectd"'   -Wall 
>>-Werror -m64
>> -pthreads -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -MT 
>>src/utils_cmds.lo -MD -MP -MF
>> $depbase.Tpo -c -o src/utils_cmds.lo src/utils_cmds.c 
>>&&\*
>>
>> *mv -f $depbase.Tpo $depbase.Plo*
>>
>> *make: Fatal error: Command failed for target 
>>`src/utils_cmds.lo'*
>>
>> *Current working directory /opt/collectd-5.8.0*
>>
>> **** Error code 1*
>>
>> *make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `all'*
>>
>>
>> Could you please provide assistance in fixing this 
>>error? I've installed
>> the prerequisites required in the README, upgraded Perl 
>>to 5.22, tried make
>> and gmake too.
>>
>> Thank you in advance.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Craig.
>>