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

[Craig Burtenshaw]

>
> Hi experts,
>

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

>
> 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.
>
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