[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0011971]: ifaddrs.h not available on all linux distributions => asterisk fails to compile

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The following issue has been RESOLVED. 
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http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=11971 
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Reported By:                ovi
Assigned To:                file
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   11971
Category:                   Core/BuildSystem
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     resolved
Asterisk Version:           1.4.18 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases): N/A 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Disclaimer on File?:        N/A 
Request Review:              
Resolution:                 no change required
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             02-11-2008 10:08 CST
Last Modified:              02-11-2008 10:09 CST
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Summary:                    ifaddrs.h not available on all linux distributions
=> asterisk fails to compile
Description: 
Some unix distributions don't provide ifaddrs.h.
Asterisk should be able to cope with that.

/home/osas/slug/optware/nslu2/toolchain/armv5b-softfloat-linux/gcc-3.3.5-glibc-2.2.5/bin/armv5b-softfloat-linux-gcc
-o acl.o -c acl.c -pthread
-I/home/osas/slug/optware/nslu2/builds/asterisk14/include -fsigned-char
-I/home/osas/slug/optware/nslu2/staging/opt/include  -pipe -Wall
-Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -g3
-include
/home/osas/slug/optware/nslu2/builds/asterisk14/include/asterisk/autoconfig.h
  -O6 -MMD -MT acl.o -MF .acl.o.d -MP
acl.c:55:21: warning: ifaddrs.h: No such file or directory
acl.c: In function `get_local_address':
acl.c:169: warning: implicit declaration of function `getifaddrs'
acl.c:180: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
acl.c:182: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
acl.c:183: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
acl.c:237: warning: implicit declaration of function `freeifaddrs'
make[2]: *** [acl.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [main] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/osas/slug/optware/nslu2/builds/asterisk14'
make: *** [/home/osas/slug/optware/nslu2/builds/asterisk14/.built] Error 2
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 file - 02-11-08 10:09  
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This has already been fixed in current SVN and will be in the next release. 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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02-11-08 10:09  file           Note Added: 0082012                          
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