Unable to compile 1.4.2 client on OS X

[wrd]

On 10.4.10 Server, 10.4.8 Server, 10.4.6 Server, and 10.3.8 Server, configure runs fine, but make errors with:

/usr/bin/ld: Undefined symbols:
_res_9_init
_res_9_query
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [zabbix_agent] Error 1
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

A coworker claims he had 1.1.x compiled and working correctly on OS X Server; I'm still looking into that, as I'm not entirely convinced it's true.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

[mduling]

You need to pass -lresolv to the linker. I don't know when this became necessary. You may also use the Zabbix port in MacPorts.

[wrd]

Thank you. I got that same information this morning from the DarwinPorts port maintainer. I am hoping to install the zabbix agent without installing the full ports collection, and it still doesn't seem to be building quite correctly. It's possible I didn't add the -lresolve correctly; I changed the following line in configure.in:

[ LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -static";

To:

[ LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -static -lresolv";

The software builds without any obvious errors now, but doesn't install anything, and I can't find any binaries in the source tree. I was only guessing on where to add -lresolv, so if I did that incorrectly, any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!

[mduling]

Thank you. I got that same information this morning from the DarwinPorts port maintainer. I am hoping to install the zabbix agent without installing the full ports collection, and it still doesn't seem to be building quite correctly. It's possible I didn't add the -lresolve correctly; I changed the following line in configure.in:

[ LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -static";

To:

[ LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -static -lresolv";

The software builds without any obvious errors now, but doesn't install anything, and I can't find any binaries in the source tree. I was only guessing on where to add -lresolv, so if I did that incorrectly, any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!

I would encourage you to learn to use ports. It is easier to ask a port maintainer to add an option, or learn to hack portfiles yourself for custom situations that to manually install software. And your OSS doesn't pollute your OS. If you have your EDITOR variable set, just type "sudo port ed zabbix" and you'll be editing the Portfile. Remove the "dependency mysql5" text and also replace "--with-mysql=${prefix}/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql_config" with whatever is appropriate for your installation and that's it. If it works well I could add an "apple_mysql" variant or some such. To check for available variants:

%port variants zabbix

zabbix has the variants:
universal
server
agent_only

To install only the agent, use the "agent_only" variant:

%sudo port -vd install zabbix +agent_only

After install you may observe the files installed:

%port contents zabbix

Port zabbix contains:
/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.zabbix.plist
/opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.zabbix/org.macports.zabbix.plist
/opt/local/etc/LaunchDaemons/org.macports.zabbix/zabbix.wrapper
/opt/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agent.conf.sample
/opt/local/etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf.sample
/opt/local/sbin/zabbix/zabbix_agent
/opt/local/sbin/zabbix/zabbix_agentd
/opt/local/sbin/zabbix/zabbix_get
/opt/local/sbin/zabbix/zabbix_sender
/opt/local/share/zabbix/zabbix_agent_win32/zabbix_agentd.exe
/opt/local/share/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.init


If you really want to install it manually I can try to help offline, but I haven't installed software manually for over two years so I'm a little rusty.

[mduling]

BTW, I was referring to MacPorts. DarwinPorts changed their names to MacPorts a while back. Their wiki has decent install docs. Just install a binary and set your path.

[mduling]

Actually, you don't need to modify the MacPorts zabbix Portfile at all if you install the port using +agent_only. I was thinking of a zabbiz server install.

[wrd]

Actually, you don't need to modify the MacPorts zabbix Portfile at all if you install the port using +agent_only. I was thinking of a zabbiz server install.

I was just about to post asking how to install agent only (it doesn't appear as a variant when I do port search zabbix), and here the question is already answered. Thanks very much!

[agehring]

How I did it...

After a configure, I changed the Makefile LIBS entry to:

LIBS = -lkvm -lm -lresolv -lz

Compiles, and runs fine on my XServe/10.4.10