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Bug #1525

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Use pkg-config for libnetfilter_queue

Added by James Moe about 9 years ago. Updated about 8 years ago.

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suricata 2.0.8 (2.0.7, and probably earlier versions)
opensuse 13.2
linux 3.16.7-21-desktop x86_64

I added "--enable-nfqueue" to configure suricata for prevention. It spit out the errors shown below.

----[ configure excerpt ]----
checking libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h usability... no
checking libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h presence... no
checking for libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h... no
configure: error: libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h not found ...
----[ end ]----

libnetfilter_queue1 (v1.0.2-7) is installed. The header file is in </usr/include/libnetfilter_queue-1.0.2/libnetfilter_queue/>. Note that is placed in a version'd directory.

Further, <libnfnetlink/libnfnetlink.h> is included by libnetfilter_queue.h; the "libnfnetlink" headers are installed in <libnfnetlink-1.0.1/libnfnetlink/>. Even if <libnetfilter_queue/> is located as expected, a compilation fails because libnfnetlink.h cannot be found.

Using --with-libnetfilter_queue-includes does not work. After slogging through configure, it appears that "--with-libnetfilter_queue-includes" is not implemented. It is assigned a value from the command line, but is not otherwise used.

I filed a defect report with openSuse <https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=940896&gt;. Their response is to use pkg-config. A sample usage is shown in <https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=795968&gt;. Presumably using pkg-config would also resolve the issue with "libnfnetlink."

Actions #1

Updated by Victor Julien about 9 years ago

  • Target version set to 3.0RC1
Actions #2

Updated by Victor Julien about 9 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Assigned
  • Assignee set to Eric Leblond
Actions #3

Updated by Victor Julien almost 9 years ago

  • Target version changed from 3.0RC1 to 70
Actions #5

Updated by Victor Julien over 8 years ago

  • Assignee changed from Eric Leblond to Andreas Herz
Actions #6

Updated by Andreas Herz over 8 years ago

Could you try if it works without a flaw if you add this before the "AC_ARG_ENABLE(nfqueue,....":

PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libnetfilter_queue], [libnetfilter_queue >= 1.0],[enable_nfqueue=yes])
if test "$enable_nfqueue" != "no"; then
    CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${libnetfilter_queue_CFLAGS}" 
    LIBS="${LIBS} ${libnetfilter_queue_LIBS}" 
fi

You don't need --enable-nfqueue passed by ./configure anymore (which I prefer :p). Did work here on my system but If you can test this with OpenSuse again would be helpful.

Actions #7

Updated by Victor Julien over 8 years ago

Can you do this a in PR? I'll test it as well then.

Actions #8

Updated by James Moe over 8 years ago

Andreas Herz wrote:

Could you try if it works without a flaw if you add this before the "AC_ARG_ENABLE(nfqueue,....":

Suricata 3.0.1
That did not change anything. After updating <configure.ac> with the added package_check, this happened:

...
checking for nfnl_fd in -lnfnetlink... yes
checking libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h usability... no
checking libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h presence... no
checking for libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h... no
configure: error: libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h not found ...

I erased the build directory <suricata-3.0.1> before configuring.

Actions #9

Updated by Andreas Herz over 8 years ago

First of all I'm a little bit confused why OpenSuse puts the include files in "/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue" instead of just "/usr/include/libnetfilter_queue" but I couldn't find a way to make this line work: {{{
AC_CHECK_HEADER(libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h,,[AC_ERROR(libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h not found ...)])
}}}
I see that in other projects as well and even playing with the path didn't change anything. Does anyone have an idea why this AC_CHECK_HEADER won't work on OpenSuse but on other distris, while most of the others work well with OpenSuse?

Actions #10

Updated by Andreas Herz over 8 years ago

One of the bugreports at opensuse suggests this: {{{
export CPPFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags libnetfilter_queue`
}}}
That works for me, can you try that? So this brings me back to the issue that the CPPFLAGS are not added correct. Need to look into that.

Actions #11

Updated by Mikhail Kasimov over 8 years ago

Andreas Herz wrote:

One of the bugreports at opensuse suggests this: {{{
export CPPFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags libnetfilter_queue`
}}}

That was here: https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=964612 Here I asked additional help about this case.

Actions #12

Updated by James Moe over 8 years ago

Andreas Herz wrote:

One of the bug reports at opensuse suggests this: {{{
export CPPFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags libnetfilter_queue`
}}}

Where do I place this text?

Actions #13

Updated by Andreas Herz over 8 years ago

just in your shell before you run ./configure... but I will try to get that into the configure script itself soon.

Actions #14

Updated by James Moe over 8 years ago

Andreas Herz wrote:

just in your shell before you run ./configure...

Okay, that worked. It configured, built, and installed without error.

Actions #15

Updated by Andreas Herz over 8 years ago

Although the way we will solve it might change, can you please test:

https://github.com/inliniac/suricata/pull/2146

The CPPFLAGS should be set correct now. (Annoying part was that -I was already included :p)

Actions #16

Updated by James Moe over 8 years ago

Andreas Herz wrote:

Although the way we will solve it might change, can you please test:
https://github.com/inliniac/suricata/pull/2146
The CPPFLAGS should be set correct now. (Annoying part was that -I was already included :p)

I got the current master set, ran autogen.sh, then configure. Got this:

ERROR: Libhtp is not bundled. Get libhtp by doing:
   git clone https://github.com/OISF/libhtp
Then re-run Suricata's autogen.sh and configure script.
[...]

libhtp is available in the system at </usr/local/lib64/>. However, the include file is not in </usr> somewhere. Hmm, looks like I should remove the lib files (v0.5.19).

I did the "git clone." It added a <./libhtp> folder. and re-ran <autogen.sh>.
The nfqueue option is NOT enabled by default.

  NFQueue support:   no

Re-ran configure with --enable-nfqueue. It failed with

configure: error: libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h not found ...

I added the following and re-ran configure.
export CPPFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags libnetfilter_queue`

Configure succeeded.
  NFQueue support:   yes

Make succeeded.

Actions #17

Updated by Andreas Herz over 8 years ago

Did you apply my patch from the pull request after git clone from master?

Actions #18

Updated by James Moe over 8 years ago

Andreas Herz wrote:

Did you apply my patch from the pull request after git clone from master?

What patch? How do I get it?

I went to <https://github.com/inliniac/suricata/pull/2146&gt;, selected the Code tab, selected "Download ZIP" from the "Clone or Download" dropdown. I saw nothing about a patch.

As you may surmise, I know next to nothing about git.

Actions #19

Updated by James Moe over 8 years ago

James Moe wrote:

What patch? How do I get it?

Never mind, I found it on the "Files Changed" of the <https://github.com/inliniac/suricata/pull/2146> page.

I applied the patch to <configure.ac>.
I executed "export CPPFLAGS=" to clear that variable.
I ran "make clean," then "./configure --enable-nfqueue."
It succeeded.

Actions #20

Updated by Andreas Herz over 8 years ago

This is the updated version:

https://github.com/inliniac/suricata/pull/2147

If anyone needs it :)

Actions #21

Updated by Victor Julien about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Assigned to Closed
  • Target version changed from 70 to 3.2beta1
Actions #22

Updated by Greg Freemyer about 8 years ago

This should be re-opened. The original problem remains exactly as described.

===
I took the 3.1.2 stable tarball, then applied the patch that supposedly fixes the problem:

Index: suricata-3.1.2/configure.ac ===================================================================
--- suricata-3.1.2.orig/configure.ac
+++ suricata-3.1.2/configure.ac
@ -763,6 +763,11 @
AC_ARG_ENABLE(nfqueue,
AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-nfqueue], [Enable NFQUEUE support for inline IDP]),[enable_nfqueue=yes],[enable_nfqueue=no])

+ if test "$enable_nfqueue" != "no"; then
+ PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libnetfilter_queue], [libnetfilter_queue], [enable_nfqueue=yes], [enable_nfqueue=no])
+ CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} ${libnetfilter_queue_CFLAGS}"
+ fi
+
if test "x$enable_nflog" = "xyes" || test "x$enable_nfqueue" = "xyes"; then # libnfnetlink
case $host in =================================================

On the other hand, if I leave out the patch and invoke configure with these args, it works:

%configure --enable-nfqueue \
--with-libnetfilter_queue-includes=`pkg-config libnetfilter_queue --variable=includedir` \
--with-libnetfilter_log-includes=`pkg-config libnetfilter_log --variable=includedir` \
--with-libnfnetlink-includes=`pkg-config libnfnetlink --variable=includedir` \
--enable-prelude \
--enable-gccprotect \
--enable-old-barnyard2 \
--enable-non-bundled-htp \
--enable-geoip \
--enable-lua \
--enable-hiredis

================

I have suricata 3.1.2 in the openSUSE build service with the above logic.

https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/server:monitoring/suricata

Actions #23

Updated by Andreas Herz about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from Closed to New

Can you paste your configure output with the patch? And can you try if it makes a difference if you include the additonal arguments (prelud, gccprotect etc.) or leave them out?

Can you also try to set this before you run ./configure:

export CPPFLAGS=`pkg-config --cflags libnetfilter_queue`
Actions #24

Updated by Victor Julien about 8 years ago

  • Target version changed from 3.2beta1 to 70
Actions #25

Updated by Andreas Herz about 8 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • Target version changed from 70 to 3.2rc1

This works with 3.2beta1 release, so you have several options:

1. run this command after you edited the configure.ac since you need to generate a new configure file:

autoreconf -fv --install

2. Run the CPPFLAGS command from my previous response

3. Use 3.2 :)

Actions #26

Updated by Greg Freemyer about 8 years ago

I'm happy to use my current workaround for 3.1.2, so I'm fine with you leaving it closed. I'll add a comment that with 3.2 those extra lines should be removable.

I hope to submit Suricata to openSUSE Factory / Tumbleweed so its part of the official Tumbleweed release.

But, before I got to your last comment I already wrote an answer to your first response, so here you go.

Andreas Herz wrote:

Can you paste your configure output with the patch?

I assume you don't need it all, so here's the main parts:

[ 57s] + ./configure --host=i586-suse-linux-gnu --build=i586-suse-linux-gnu --program-prefix= --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --bindir=/usr/bin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc --datadir=/usr/share --includedir=/usr/include --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var --sharedstatedir=/usr/com --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-nfqueue --enable-prelude --enable-gccprotect --enable-old-barnyard2 --enable-non-bundled-htp --enable-geoip --enable-hiredis --enable-lua
[ 57s] checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
... <snip> ...
[ 67s] checking for jansson.h... yes
[ 67s] checking for json_dump_callback in -ljansson... yes
[ 67s] checking for nfnl_fd in -lnfnetlink... yes
[ 67s] checking libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h usability... no
[ 67s] checking libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h presence... no
[ 67s] checking for libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h... no
[ 67s] configure: error: libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h not found ...
[ 67s] error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.LO2JRY (%build)

And can you try if it makes a difference if you include the additonal arguments (prelud, gccprotect etc.) or leave them out?

--enable-prelude was already in use. Removing it, no change.

--enable-gccprotect was already in use. Removing it, no change.

Not sure what etc. is in this case.

Can you also try to set this before you run ./configure:

[...]

It got past the ./configure logic, but now fails because the autotools files are our of date :)

Actions #27

Updated by Andreas Herz about 8 years ago

Greg Freemyer wrote:

Can you also try to set this before you run ./configure:

[...]

It got past the ./configure logic, but now fails because the autotools files are our of date :)

That's another more distribution specific issue, but yes with 3.2 release OpenSuse should work fine (unless something else pops up).

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