can't build on Ubuntu 16.04

[luisdavim]

Hi,

I'm trying to build varnish-modules on ubuntu 16.04 and I'm getting:

root@ie1-pp-u3prx-01:/tmp/varnish-modules# ./bootstrap 
+ mkdir -p m4
+ aclocal -I m4 -I /usr/share/aclocal
+ libtoolize --copy --force
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
+ autoheader
+ automake --add-missing --copy --foreign
configure.ac:13: installing './compile'
configure.ac:11: installing './missing'
src/Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
+ autoconf
root@ie1-pp-u3prx-01:/tmp/varnish-modules# ./configure 
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... none needed
checking for gcc option to accept ISO Standard C... (cached) none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for the pthreads library -lpthreads... no
checking whether pthreads work without any flags... no
checking whether pthreads work with -Kthread... no
checking whether pthreads work with -kthread... no
checking for the pthreads library -llthread... no
checking whether pthreads work with -pthread... yes
checking for joinable pthread attribute... PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... no
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for rst2man... no
checking for rst2man.py... no
configure: WARNING: rst2man not found - not building man pages
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking sys/stdlib.h usability... no
checking sys/stdlib.h presence... no
checking for sys/stdlib.h... no
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for libvarnishapi... yes
checking vsha256.h usability... yes
checking vsha256.h presence... yes
checking for vsha256.h... yes
checking cache/cache.h usability... yes
checking cache/cache.h presence... yes
checking for cache/cache.h... yes
checking for python3... python3
checking for varnishtest... /usr/bin/varnishtest
checking for varnishd... /usr/sbin/varnishd
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating docs/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
root@ie1-pp-u3prx-01:/tmp/varnish-modules# make
CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && /bin/bash /tmp/varnish-modules/missing aclocal-1.15 -I m4 -I /usr/share/aclocal
 cd . && /bin/bash /tmp/varnish-modules/missing automake-1.15 --foreign
CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && /bin/bash /tmp/varnish-modules/missing autoconf
/bin/bash ./config.status --recheck
running CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./configure --no-create --no-recursion
checking build system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether make supports nested variables... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... yes
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking for sys/types.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... yes
checking for stdlib.h... yes
checking for string.h... yes
checking for memory.h... yes
checking for strings.h... yes
checking for inttypes.h... yes
checking for stdint.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... yes
checking minix/config.h usability... no
checking minix/config.h presence... no
checking for minix/config.h... no
checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking whether gcc understands -c and -o together... (cached) yes
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... none needed
checking for gcc option to accept ISO Standard C... (cached) none needed
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for the pthreads library -lpthreads... no
checking whether pthreads work without any flags... no
checking whether pthreads work with -Kthread... no
checking whether pthreads work with -kthread... no
checking for the pthreads library -llthread... no
checking whether pthreads work with -pthread... yes
checking for joinable pthread attribute... PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
checking if more special flags are required for pthreads... no
checking how to print strings... printf
checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed
checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F
checking for ld used by gcc... /usr/bin/ld
checking if the linker (/usr/bin/ld) is GNU ld... yes
checking for BSD- or MS-compatible name lister (nm)... /usr/bin/nm -B
checking the name lister (/usr/bin/nm -B) interface... BSD nm
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking the maximum length of command line arguments... 1572864
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to x86_64-pc-linux-gnu format... func_convert_file_noop
checking how to convert x86_64-pc-linux-gnu file names to toolchain format... func_convert_file_noop
checking for /usr/bin/ld option to reload object files... -r
checking for objdump... objdump
checking how to recognize dependent libraries... pass_all
checking for dlltool... no
checking how to associate runtime and link libraries... printf %s\n
checking for ar... ar
checking for archiver @FILE support... @
checking for strip... strip
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking command to parse /usr/bin/nm -B output from gcc object... ok
checking for sysroot... no
checking for a working dd... /bin/dd
checking how to truncate binary pipes... /bin/dd bs=4096 count=1
checking for mt... mt
checking if mt is a manifest tool... no
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for objdir... .libs
checking if gcc supports -fno-rtti -fno-exceptions... no
checking for gcc option to produce PIC... -fPIC -DPIC
checking if gcc PIC flag -fPIC -DPIC works... yes
checking if gcc static flag -static works... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... yes
checking if gcc supports -c -o file.o... (cached) yes
checking whether the gcc linker (/usr/bin/ld -m elf_x86_64) supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
checking whether to build static libraries... no
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for rst2man... no
checking for rst2man.py... no
configure: WARNING: rst2man not found - not building man pages
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes
checking sys/stdlib.h usability... no
checking sys/stdlib.h presence... no
checking for sys/stdlib.h... no
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
checking for libvarnishapi... yes
checking vsha256.h usability... yes
checking vsha256.h presence... yes
checking for vsha256.h... yes
checking cache/cache.h usability... yes
checking cache/cache.h presence... yes
checking for cache/cache.h... yes
checking for python3... python3
checking for varnishtest... /usr/bin/varnishtest
checking for varnishd... /usr/sbin/varnishd
checking that generated files are newer than configure... done
configure: creating ./config.status
 /bin/bash ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating src/Makefile
config.status: creating docs/Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
config.status: executing depfiles commands
config.status: executing libtool commands
(CDPATH="${ZSH_VERSION+.}:" && cd . && /bin/bash /tmp/varnish-modules/missing autoheader)
rm -f stamp-h1
touch config.h.in
cd . && /bin/bash ./config.status config.h
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/varnish-modules'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory '/tmp/varnish-modules/src'
python3 /usr/share/varnish/vmodtool.py -w ../docs/ -o vcc_cookie_if ../src/vmod_cookie.vcc
Usage: vmodtool.py [options] <vmod.vcc>

vmodtool.py: error: no such option: -w
Makefile:805: recipe for target 'vcc_cookie_if.h' failed
make[2]: *** [vcc_cookie_if.h] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/varnish-modules/src'
Makefile:481: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/varnish-modules'
Makefile:392: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

I have the following packages installed:

# dpkg -l | grep varnish
ii  libvarnishapi-dev                  4.1.1-1                         amd64        development files for Varnish
ii  libvarnishapi1                     4.1.1-1                         amd64        shared libraries for Varnish
ii  varnish                            4.1.1-1                         amd64        state of the art, high-performance web accelerator

Can you please advise? Thanks

[dridi]

Can you please advise? Thanks

You need at least Varnish 4.1.2 although officially only the latest version is supported.

What is your version of Varnish ?

[luisdavim]

Hi, I'm using 4.1.1-1 from the Ubuntu repos.

Any way of getting the varnish modules on Ubuntu 16.04?

[lkarsten]

You can just download vmodtool.py from 4.1.3 if you want to continue to run on 4.1.1.

Most likely there will be xenial packages of 5.0 when that comes out in a couple of weeks.

[lkarsten]

Forgot to say; we (Varnish project) won't be building official Varnish packages of 4.1 for xenial.

Rebuilding the source deb, either from our repo or from debian testing, should work fine.

Unless I've forgot some detail, this breaks because the -w isn't available yet. That says where .rst files should be written. If you don't care about docs, you can just modify the Makefile.am entries to not use -w and get a working installation without much work.

Sorry not to support xenial on 4.1, but we have limited resources.

Closing this as there is no more actionable tasks left.