make error "Failed to open file './properties/gresource.xml': No such file or directory"

[stopanko]

I am trying to build this manager but i have got an error. Steps: cd network... autoreconf -fi
intltoolize

./configure \ --disable-static --prefix=/usr \ --sysconfdir=/etc --libdir=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu \ --libexecdir=/usr/lib/NetworkManager \ --localstatedir=/var \ --with-pppd-plugin-dir=/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7

(tried just ./configure without options) make

Got the error:

Failed to open file './properties/gresource.xml': No such file or directory GEN src/nm-l2tp-pppd-service-dbus.h make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory '/home/stopanko/network-manager-l2tp' XMLLINT not set and xmllint not found in path; skipping xml preprocessing. Failed to open file './properties/gresource.xml': No such file or directory Making all in . make[2]: Entering directory '/home/stopanko/network-manager-l2tp' XMLLINT not set and xmllint not found in path; skipping xml preprocessing. Failed to open file './properties/gresource.xml': No such file or directory CC src/src_libnm_l2tp_pppd_service_dbus_la-nm-l2tp-pppd-service-dbus.lo CCLD src/libnm-l2tp-pppd-service-dbus.la /usr/bin/ar: u' modifier ignored sinceD' is the default (see `U') CC shared/nm-utils/properties_libnm_vpn_plugin_l2tp_la-nm-vpn-plugin-utils.lo CC properties/properties_libnm_vpn_plugin_l2tp_la-nm-l2tp-editor-plugin.lo CC properties/properties_libnm_vpn_plugin_l2tp_la-import-export.lo properties/import-export.c: In function ‘ip4_import_error’: properties/import-export.c:132:15: warning: format not a string literal, argument types not checked [-Wformat-nonliteral] val); ^ CCLD properties/libnm-vpn-plugin-l2tp.la CC shared/nm-utils/properties_libnm_vpn_plugin_l2tp_editor_la-nm-shared-utils.lo make[2]: No rule to make target 'properties/gresource.xml', needed by 'properties/resources.c'. Stop. make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/stopanko/network-manager-l2tp' Makefile:1420: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed make[1]: [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/stopanko/network-manager-l2tp' Makefile:775: recipe for target 'all' failed make: *** [all] Error 2

My system

DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.2 DISTRIB_CODENAME=sonya DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya" NAME="Linux Mint" VERSION="18.1 (Sonya)" ID=linuxmint ID_LIKE=ubuntu PRETTY_NAME="Linux Mint 18.2" VERSION_ID="18.2" HOME_URL="http://www.linuxmint.com/" SUPPORT_URL="http://forums.linuxmint.com/" BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/linuxmint/" VERSION_CODENAME=sonya UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial cat: /etc/upstream-release: Is a directory

[dkosovic]

I forgot to add gresource.xml file to the git repo. I'll add it in the next few hours when I'm back home.

But a couple of quick workarounds:

Use the latest stable release with the following git checkout : git checkout tags/1.2.8

Or copy gresource.xml from the following location and put it in properties/ folder :

• https://git.gnome.org/browse/network-manager-pptp/plain/properties/gresource.xml

then replace all instances of pptp with l2tp in that file.

[dkosovic]

thanks, the missing gresource.xml file is now in this git repo.