Re: At configure: No such file or directory

[H D Moore <hdm () secureaustin com>]

Hrm, snort may not build on a 2.4 machine.  Try resinstalling 2.2.x kernel 
source, backup your old, compile snort, then switch them out again.

On Saturday 12 May 2001 08:27 pm, John Sage wrote:
> Actually, I was kinda in the process of putting 2.4.x on, but that got
> put off a bit until I finish building another user space box, and have
> nothing but firewall stuff on my firewall box, which is where I was
> trying to install Snort.
>
> H D Moore wrote:
> > Your kernel source isnt setup right.  You probably want to recompile your
> > own kernel anyways, so grab the latest kernel tarball (2.2.19), maybe
> > some security patches (www.openwall.com), untar into /usr/src, mv linux
> > to linux-2.2.19, symlink 2.2.19 to linux, cd linux, make mrproper, make
> > menuconfig, make deps, make bzImage, make modules, make modules_install,
> > cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/2219, edit lilo.conf, run lilo,  and
> > reboot.
> >
> > Or, you can just reinstall the linux includes RPM from Red Hat, but thats
> > the wimpy way to do it ;)
>
> Yeah, that's what I kind of surprised about: it seems surprising that stuff
> isn't where it's supposed to be, except that Red Hat's famous for that...
>
> Doh!
>
> Wait! I'd renamed linux linux_old to keep the 2.2.14 kernel when I thought
> I was gonna be putting on the 2.4.x kernel right away -- about four weeks
> ago -- and had forgotten about it completely!
>
> Thanks for responding and helping me think through the kernel compile
> process and making me remember what I'd done!
>
> mv linux_old linux fixed everything!
>
> Once again, There's Always An Answer(tm) ;-)
>
> - John
>
> --
> John Sage
> FinchHaven, Vashon Island, WA, USA
> http://www.finchhaven.com/
> mailto:jsage () finchhaven com
> And remember: it's spelled l-i-n-u-x, but it's pronounced "Linux"
>
> > -HD
> >
> > On Saturday 12 May 2001 07:10 pm, John Sage wrote:
> > > I'm having a surprising amount of trouble getting past ./configure
> > >
> > >  From configure.log:
> > >
> > > In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
> > >                   from /usr/include/limits.h:30,
> > >                   from
> > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/l
> > > imits.h:117,
> > >                   from
> > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/s
> > > yslimits.h:7,
> > >                   from
> > > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/egcs-2.91.66/include/l
> > > imits.h:11,
> > >                   from /usr/include/sys/param.h:23,
> > >                   from configure:1367:
> > > /usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:27: linux/limits.h: No such file or
> > > directory In file included from configure:1367:
> > > /usr/include/sys/param.h:24: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
> > > /usr/include/sys/param.h:25: linux/param.h: No such file or directory
> > > configure: failed program was:
> > > #line 1365 "configure"
> > > #include "confdefs.h"
> > > #include <sys/types.h>
> > > #include <sys/param.h>
> > >
> > > And this sort of problem continues for other files, but it's the same
> > > issue..
> > >
> > > Specs:
> > >
> > > snort-1.7
> > >
> > > Linux -- 2.2.14-5.0 #1 Tue Mar 7 20:53:41 EST 2000 i586 unknown
> > >
> > > Basically a box-stock (at least in terms of directory structure..) RHL
> > > 6.2 install
> > >
> > > There *are* an assortment of "limits.h" and the other missing files
> > > (errno.h socket.h param.h sigcontext.h ioctls.h) here and there, but
> > > none of them are where configure seems to expect them to be, which is to
> > > find them under linux/ or under asm/
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > What am I missing?
> > >
> > > - John
>
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