Building sources from scratch in CentOS 3.7 environment

[whyjack]

Hi,

I tried to build rpm files from your stable release of Zabbix 1.1.
The zabbix.spec file is not good enough to do that without modifications.

Could you care about the fact that a release should contain all stable files to build it from scratch ?
It is not the first time I have to do some work to enable a zabbix compilation for a stable release.

Right now, even if I have successfully modified your zabbix.spec, I have some difficulties to build the Zabbix 1.1 release under CentOS.
FYI : CentOS is the free version of RedHat Enterprise Linux series. I am using CentOS 3.7 (after upgrade) that should match a RHEL3.7 OS.

The error I have is the following one :
make[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/zabbix-1.1/src/zabbix_server/trapper'
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/zabbix-1.1/src/zabbix_server/trapper'
make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/zabbix-1.1/src/zabbix_server'
gcc -g -O2 -lresolv -o zabbix_server -L/usr/lib/mysql -L/usr/lib ../libs/zbxsysinfo/libzbxsysinfo.a ../libs/zbxsysinfo/linux/libzbxsysinfo2.a ../libs/zbxlog/libzbxlog.a ../libs/zbxpid/libzbxpid.a ../libs/zbxconf/libzbxconf.a ../libs/zbxcrypto/libzbxcrypto.a ../libs/zbxnet/libzbxnet.a pinger/libzbxpinger.a poller/libzbxpoller.a housekeeper/libzbxhousekeeper.a alerter/libzbxalerter.a timer/libzbxtimer.a trapper/libzbxtrapper.a ../libs/zbxemail/libzbxemail.a ../libs/zbxsms/libzbxsms.a ../libs/zbxdbhigh/libzbxdbhigh.a ../libs/zbxcommon/libzbxcommon.a /usr/lib/libresolv.a -lmysqlclient -lm -lz -lnetsnmp -lcrypto
/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/3.2.3/../../../crt1.o(.text+0x18): In function `_start':
: undefined reference to `main'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[3]: *** [zabbix_server] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/zabbix-1.1/src/zabbix_server'
make[2]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/zabbix-1.1/src/zabbix_server'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/zabbix-1.1/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.93994 (%build)


RPM build errors:
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.93994 (%build)


Could you help me ? I really need the Zabbix 1.1 release to implement monitoring in my enterprise.

I followed this post to correct the few first bugs :

http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3054&highlight=compile

Thank you a lot.

[whyjack]

Below you will find a zabbix.spec usable to create rpms files from the sources of zabbix 1.1 stable release (without errors).

Could someone test it to confirm me it is working fine ?

---

%define apxs /usr/sbin/apxs
%define apache_datadir %(%{apxs} -q DATADIR)
%define apache_sysconfdir %(%{apxs} -q SYSCONFDIR)

Name: zabbix
Version: 1.1
Release: 1
Group: System Environment/Daemons
License: GPL
Source: %{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{name}-root
BuildPrereq: mysql-client, mysql-devel, net-snmp-devel
Requires: mysql-client, net-snmp-devel
Summary: A network monitor.

%define zabbix_prefix /usr
%define zabbix_bindir %{zabbix_prefix}/bin
%define zabbix_libdir %{zabbix_prefix}/lib
%define zabbix_confdir %{_sysconfdir}/%{name}
%define zabbix_initdir %{_sysconfdir}/init.d
%define zabbix_phpfrontend %{zabbix_prefix}/frontends/php

%description
zabbix is a network monitor.

%package agent
Summary: Zabbix agent
Group: System Environment/Daemons

%description agent
the zabbix network monitor agent.

%package phpfrontend
Summary: Zabbix web frontend (php).
Group: System Environment/Daemons
Requires: php

%description phpfrontend
a php frontend for zabbix.

%prep
%setup -q

%build
%configure --with-mysql --with-net-snmp --enable-server --enable-agent --enable-static

#Added CFLAGS="-g -O2" LDFLAGS=-lresolv to resolve compilation problem with static libraries
make CFLAGS="-g -O2" LDFLAGS=-lresolv

# adjust in several files /home/zabbix
#for zabbixfile in misc/conf/* misc/init.d/suse/*/zabbix_agentd src/zabbix_server/{alerter,server}.c; do for zabbixfile in misc/conf/* misc/init.d/suse/*/zabbix_agentd src/zabbix_server/alerter src/zabbix_server/server.c; do
sed -i -e "s#/home/zabbix/bin#%{zabbix_bindir}#g" \
-e "s#PidFile=/var/tmp#PidFile=%{_localstatedir}/run#g" \
-e "s#LogFile=/tmp#LogFile=%{_localstatedir}/log#g" \
-e "s#/home/zabbix/lock#%{_localstatedir}/lock#g" $zabbixfile done

# adjust /home/zabbix to /usr/share/doc/packages/ #sed -i -e "s#/home/zabbix#%{_defaultdocdir}#g" create/data/images.sql

%pre
if [ -z "`grep zabbix etc/group`" ]; then
usr/sbin/groupadd zabbix >/dev/null 2>&1 fi if [ -z "`grep zabbix etc/passwd`" ]; then
usr/sbin/useradd -g zabbix zabbix >/dev/null 2>&1 fi

%pre agent
if [ -z "`grep zabbix etc/group`" ]; then
usr/sbin/groupadd zabbix >/dev/null 2>&1 fi if [ -z "`grep zabbix etc/passwd`" ]; then
usr/sbin/useradd -g zabbix zabbix >/dev/null 2>&1 fi

%post agent
%{fillup_and_insserv -f zabbix_agentd}

if [ -z "`grep zabbix_agent etc/services`" ]; then
cat >>etc/services <<EOF
zabbix_agent 10050/tcp
EOF
fi

if [ -z "`grep zabbix_trap etc/services`" ]; then
cat >>etc/services <<EOF
zabbix_trap 10051/tcp
EOF
fi

%postun agent
%{insserv_cleanup}

%clean
rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT

%install
rm -fr $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
rm -fr %{buildroot}%{zabbix_libdir}

# create directory structure
install -d %{buildroot}%{zabbix_bindir}
install -d %{buildroot}%{zabbix_confdir} install -d %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/init.d install -d %{buildroot}%{apache_sysconfdir}/conf.d

# copy binaries
#install -m 755 bin/zabbix_* %{buildroot}%{zabbix_bindir}

# copy conf files
install -m 755 misc/conf/zabbix_*.conf %{buildroot}%{zabbix_confdir}

# copy frontends
cp -r frontends %{buildroot}%{zabbix_prefix}

# apache2 config
cat >zabbix.conf <<EOF
Alias /%{name} %{zabbix_phpfrontend}

<Directory "%{zabbix_phpfrontend}">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
EOF

install -m 644 zabbix.conf %{buildroot}%{apache_sysconfdir}/conf.d

# SuSE Start Scripts
install -m 755 misc/init.d/suse/9.1/zabbix_* %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/init.d/

%files
%defattr(-,root,root)
%doc AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README INSTALL create upgrades %dir %attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_confdir}
%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{zabbix_confdir}/zabbix_server.conf
%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{zabbix_confdir}/zabbix_trapper.conf
%config(noreplace) %{zabbix_initdir}/zabbix_suckerd %dir %attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_prefix} %dir %attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_bindir}
%attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_bindir}/zabbix_server
%attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_bindir}/zabbix_get

%files agent
%defattr(-,root,root)
%dir %attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_confdir}
%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{zabbix_confdir}/zabbix_agent.conf
%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{zabbix_confdir}/zabbix_agentd.conf
%config(noreplace) %{zabbix_initdir}/zabbix_agentd %dir %attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_prefix} %dir %attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_bindir}
%attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_bindir}/zabbix_agent
%attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_bindir}/zabbix_agentd
%attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_bindir}/zabbix_sender

%files phpfrontend
%defattr(-,root,root)
%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{apache_sysconfdir}/conf.d/zabbix.conf
%dir %attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_prefix} %dir %attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_prefix}/frontends
%attr(0755,root,root) %{zabbix_phpfrontend}

%changelog
* Fri Jan 29 2005 Dirk Datzert <[email protected]>
- update to 1.1aplha6

* Tue Jun 01 2003 Alexei Vladishev <[email protected]>
- update to 1.0beta10

* Tue Jun 01 2003 Harald Holzer <[email protected]>
- update to 1.0beta9
- move phpfrontend config to /etc/zabbix

* Tue May 23 2003 Harald Holzer <[email protected]>
- split the php frontend in a extra package

* Tue May 20 2003 Harald Holzer <[email protected]>
- 1.0beta8
- initial packaging

---

Thx

[Eugene]

What about specs from directory "./misc/specs/"?

[whyjack]

The problem I have is that the spec file describe a compilation for beta release and suse 9.1 OS instead of redhat.
Moreover, I need a global spec file to compile all zabbix packages and not spec files describing beta release for each daemon as in the misc directory (zabbix-agentd-1.1beta2.spec zabbix-frontend-1.1beta2.spec zabbix-server-1.1beta2.spec)

I try to fix all bugs and redirect the compilation to redhat but I am not sure of what I do for everything. It is why I posted my previous spec file.

Actually, I am not sure if zabbix 1.1 need "zabbix_trapper.conf" file which is copied from sources and packaged by the zabbix.spec file.
- Is the trapper daemon always in standalone mode or embedded in zabbix_server ?
- Why don't I found the trapper executable if it is still apart from the zabbix_server binary ?
- Could you help me on these points ?

Other problems are related to init.d directory which doesn't include script file to run zabbix_server but zabbix_suckerd.
Moreover, the zabbix_suckerd is developped for redhat 8.0.

So, I duplicate zabbix_suckerd script and replace the prog variable string with "zabbix_server".
Is that a right way to do ?

A second point in zabbix_suckerd is that the progdir variable is not updated with the spec file at compilation time. I fixed this bug but I need to test my fix.

Finally, it seem that the spec file produces some error after compilation when I install the rpms.
I have to investigate further on this point and will do a post when I am sure of me.

I let you know my conclusions...

[whyjack]

Nobody has information to help me ???
Long time, no answer...