Zabbix 1.6: Compiling errors on OS X

[mbobkiewicz]

Hi,
I´m trying to compile Zabbix 1.6 on a Mac OS X, 10.5.5 (Leopard) system. Both client and server are stopping.First the server:
./configure --enable-server --with-mysql=path-to-mysql_config
Undefined symbols:
"_res_9_query", referenced from:
_CHECK_DNS in libcommonsysinfo.a(net.o)
"_res_9_init", referenced from:
_CHECK_DNS in libcommonsysinfo.a(net.o)
ld: symbol(s) not found
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [zabbix_server] Error 1
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Next the client:
./configure --enable-client
cpustat.c: In function ‘get_cpustat’:
cpustat.c:202: error: ‘CPUSTATES’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cpustat.c:202: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
cpustat.c:202: error: for each function it appears in.)
cpustat.c:276: error: ‘CP_USER’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cpustat.c:277: error: ‘CP_NICE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cpustat.c:278: error: ‘CP_SYS’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cpustat.c:279: error: ‘CP_INTR’ undeclared (first use in this function)
cpustat.c:280: error: ‘CP_IDLE’ undeclared (first use in this function)
make[2]: *** [cpustat.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

Any suggestions how to make them? Did I miss some libs?

Greetings,

Mike

[rwa]

The server error is explained and fixed here:

http://lukecyca.com/2008/09/21/howto-install-zabbix-16-on-mac-os-x-105/

I ran into the client error as well. The fix listed here:

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?p=37458

works. The issue seems to be that these constants aren't defined on OS X. One of them, I think CPUSTATES is defined in another file on OS X that isn't included by default (you can grep through /usr and find it). Including that gets past the one error, but the other constants don't show up anywhere on OS X by default (even w/xcode tools).

The fix described above I think tells Zabbix that these won't be there which seems correct as they aren't. The client will show Items which track CPU time in these states as not supported, but I think that's correct on OS X.

I downloaded a previous client which doesn't seem to have had this problem and diffed the file w/the error. These constants were hard coded integers in that version. I didn't try replacing them in the 1.6 code as I have no idea if that would work or provide accurate data.

But these fixes will get you going.

[mbobkiewicz]

Thanks for the reply, works as described.