Autoconf Problems on MacOS X

[Eric Hancock]

I received the following issue when configuring nmap 3.25 on MacOS X 
10.2.5 with stock scripts.  Trouble with netinet/if_ether.h:


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[localhost:~/Downloads/nmap-3.25] eric% sudo ./configure
Password:
checking for g++... g++
checking for C++ compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C++ compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C++ compiler... yes
checking whether g++ accepts -g... yes
checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.5
checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.5
checking for gethostent... no
checking for gethostent in -lnsl... no
checking for setsockopt... no
checking for setsockopt in -lsocket... no
checking for nanosleep... no
checking for nanosleep in -lposix4... no
checking how to run the C preprocessor... /lib/cpp
checking for egrep... grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... no
checking for sys/types.h... no
checking for sys/stat.h... no
checking for stdlib.h... no
checking for string.h... no
checking for memory.h... no
checking for strings.h... no
checking for inttypes.h... no
checking for stdint.h... no
checking for unistd.h... no
checking pcap.h usability... no
checking pcap.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: pcap.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: pcap.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: pcap.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to address@hidden ##
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
checking for pcap.h... yes
checking for pcap_datalink in -lpcap... no
checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) no
checking for string.h... (cached) no
checking getopt.h usability... no
checking getopt.h presence... no
checking for getopt.h... no
checking for strings.h... (cached) no
checking for memory.h... (cached) no
checking sys/param.h usability... no
checking sys/param.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: sys/param.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/param.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/param.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's 
result
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to address@hidden ##
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking sys/sockio.h usability... no
checking sys/sockio.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: sys/sockio.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/sockio.h: check for missing prerequisite 
headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/sockio.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's 
result
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to address@hidden ##
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
checking for sys/sockio.h... yes
checking netinet/if_ether.h usability... no
checking netinet/if_ether.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: check for missing prerequisite 
headers?
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: proceeding with the 
preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to address@hidden ##
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
checking for netinet/if_ether.h... yes
checking bstring.h usability... no
checking bstring.h presence... no
checking for bstring.h... no
checking sys/time.h usability... no
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: sys/time.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's 
result
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to address@hidden ##
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking pwd.h usability... no
checking pwd.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: pwd.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: pwd.h: check for missing prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: pwd.h: proceeding with the preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to address@hidden ##
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
checking for pwd.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) no
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... no
checking for inline... no
checking struct ip... no
checking if sockaddr{} has sa_len member... no
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... yes
checking if struct in_addr is a wacky huge structure (some Sun 
boxes)... no
checking if struct icmp exists... no
checking if struct ip exists... no
checking if struct ip has ip_sum member... no
checking for bzero... no
checking for snprintf... no
checking for vsnprintf... no
checking for memcpy... no
checking for usleep... no
checking for nanosleep... (cached) no
checking for strerror... no
checking for strcasestr... no
checking for inet_aton... no
checking for getopt_long_only... no
checking for gtk-config... no
checking If you have GTK+ installed... no
configure: WARNING: Gtk+ has not been installed -> nmapfe will not be 
made
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
configure: configuring in nbase
configure: running /bin/sh './configure' --prefix=/usr/local  
--cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
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 ANSI C... none needed
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.5
checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.5
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... 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 for string.h... (cached) yes
checking getopt.h usability... no
checking getopt.h presence... no
checking for getopt.h... no
checking for strings.h... (cached) yes
checking for memory.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/param.h usability... yes
checking sys/param.h presence... yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking bstring.h usability... no
checking bstring.h presence... no
checking for bstring.h... no
checking errno.h usability... yes
checking errno.h presence... yes
checking for errno.h... yes
checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/time.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/socket.h usability... yes
checking sys/socket.h presence... yes
checking for sys/socket.h... yes
checking netinet/in.h usability... yes
checking netinet/in.h presence... yes
checking for netinet/in.h... yes
checking netinet/if_ether.h usability... no
checking netinet/if_ether.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: check for missing prerequisite 
headers?
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: proceeding with the 
preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to address@hidden ##
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
checking for netinet/if_ether.h... yes
checking sys/sockio.h usability... yes
checking sys/sockio.h presence... yes
checking for sys/sockio.h... yes
checking rpc/types.h usability... yes
checking rpc/types.h presence... yes
checking for rpc/types.h... yes
checking netdb.h usability... yes
checking netdb.h presence... yes
checking for netdb.h... yes
checking pwd.h usability... yes
checking pwd.h presence... yes
checking for pwd.h... yes
checking arpa/inet.h usability... yes
checking arpa/inet.h presence... yes
checking for arpa/inet.h... yes
checking sys/resource.h usability... yes
checking sys/resource.h presence... yes
checking for sys/resource.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/wait.h usability... yes
checking sys/wait.h presence... yes
checking for sys/wait.h... yes
checking libiberty.h usability... no
checking libiberty.h presence... no
checking for libiberty.h... no
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking for __attribute__... yes
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... yes
checking for gethostent... yes
checking for setsockopt... yes
checking for char... yes
checking size of char... 1
checking for short... yes
checking size of short... 2
checking for int... yes
checking size of int... 4
checking for long... yes
checking size of long... 4
checking for bzero... yes
checking for snprintf... yes
checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking for memcpy... yes
checking for nanosleep... yes
checking for strerror... yes
checking for strcasestr... no
checking for strcasecmp... yes
checking for strncasecmp... yes
checking for signal... yes
checking for inet_aton... yes
checking for vsnprintf... (cached) yes
checking for snprintf... (cached) yes
checking for asprintf... yes
checking for asnprintf... no
checking for vasprintf... yes
checking for vasnprintf... no
checking for usleep... yes
checking for gettimeofday... yes
checking for sleep... yes
checking for getopt_long_only... no
checking for strcasecmp... (cached) yes
checking for strncasecmp... (cached) yes
checking for library containing getaddrinfo... none required
checking for library containing gai_strerror... none required
checking for library containing getnameinfo... none required
checking for gai_strerror... yes
checking for inet_ntop... yes
checking for inet_pton... yes
checking for working getaddrinfo... yes
checking for working getnameinfo... yes
checking for sockaddr_in6... yes
checking for sockaddr_storage... yes
checking for AF_INET6 definition... yes
checking for IPv6 support... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating nbase_config.h
configure: configuring in libpcap-possiblymodified
configure: running /bin/sh './configure' --prefix=/usr/local  
--cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.
checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.5
checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.5
checking target system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.5
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
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 ANSI C... none needed
checking gcc version...
./configure: test: -gt: unary operator expected
checking for inline... inline
checking for __attribute__... yes
checking for u_int8_t using gcc... yes
checking for u_int16_t using gcc... yes
checking for u_int32_t using gcc... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... 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 sys/ioccom.h usability... yes
checking sys/ioccom.h presence... yes
checking for sys/ioccom.h... yes
checking sys/sockio.h usability... yes
checking sys/sockio.h presence... yes
checking for sys/sockio.h... yes
checking ifaddrs.h usability... yes
checking ifaddrs.h presence... yes
checking for ifaddrs.h... yes
checking limits.h usability... yes
checking limits.h presence... yes
checking for limits.h... yes
checking netinet/if_ether.h usability... no
checking netinet/if_ether.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: check for missing prerequisite 
headers?
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: proceeding with the 
preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to address@hidden ##
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
checking for netinet/if_ether.h... yes
checking for ANSI ioctl definitions... yes
checking for ether_hostton... yes
checking for strerror... yes
checking for strlcpy... yes
checking if --disable-protochain option is specified... enabled
checking packet capture type... bpf
checking if --enable-ipv6 option is specified... no
checking whether to build optimizer debugging code... no
checking whether to build parser debugging code... no
checking whether we have /proc/net/dev... no
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking if sockaddr struct has sa_len member... yes
checking if dl_hp_ppa_info_t struct has dl_module_id_1 member... no
checking if unaligned accesses fail... no
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
configure: configuring in nbase
configure: running /bin/sh './configure' --prefix=/usr/local  
--cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
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 ANSI C... none needed
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.5
checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.5
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... 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 for string.h... (cached) yes
checking getopt.h usability... no
checking getopt.h presence... no
checking for getopt.h... no
checking for strings.h... (cached) yes
checking for memory.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/param.h usability... yes
checking sys/param.h presence... yes
checking for sys/param.h... yes
checking sys/time.h usability... yes
checking sys/time.h presence... yes
checking for sys/time.h... yes
checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes
checking bstring.h usability... no
checking bstring.h presence... no
checking for bstring.h... no
checking errno.h usability... yes
checking errno.h presence... yes
checking for errno.h... yes
checking for sys/types.h... (cached) yes
checking for sys/time.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/socket.h usability... yes
checking sys/socket.h presence... yes
checking for sys/socket.h... yes
checking netinet/in.h usability... yes
checking netinet/in.h presence... yes
checking for netinet/in.h... yes
checking netinet/if_ether.h usability... no
checking netinet/if_ether.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: check for missing prerequisite 
headers?
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: proceeding with the 
preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to address@hidden ##
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
checking for netinet/if_ether.h... yes
checking sys/sockio.h usability... yes
checking sys/sockio.h presence... yes
checking for sys/sockio.h... yes
checking rpc/types.h usability... yes
checking rpc/types.h presence... yes
checking for rpc/types.h... yes
checking netdb.h usability... yes
checking netdb.h presence... yes
checking for netdb.h... yes
checking pwd.h usability... yes
checking pwd.h presence... yes
checking for pwd.h... yes
checking arpa/inet.h usability... yes
checking arpa/inet.h presence... yes
checking for arpa/inet.h... yes
checking sys/resource.h usability... yes
checking sys/resource.h presence... yes
checking for sys/resource.h... yes
checking for sys/stat.h... (cached) yes
checking sys/wait.h usability... yes
checking sys/wait.h presence... yes
checking for sys/wait.h... yes
checking libiberty.h usability... no
checking libiberty.h presence... no
checking for libiberty.h... no
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
checking for inline... inline
checking for __attribute__... yes
checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... yes
checking for gethostent... yes
checking for setsockopt... yes
checking for char... yes
checking size of char... 1
checking for short... yes
checking size of short... 2
checking for int... yes
checking size of int... 4
checking for long... yes
checking size of long... 4
checking for bzero... yes
checking for snprintf... yes
checking for vsnprintf... yes
checking for memcpy... yes
checking for nanosleep... yes
checking for strerror... yes
checking for strcasestr... no
checking for strcasecmp... yes
checking for strncasecmp... yes
checking for signal... yes
checking for inet_aton... yes
checking for vsnprintf... (cached) yes
checking for snprintf... (cached) yes
checking for asprintf... yes
checking for asnprintf... no
checking for vasprintf... yes
checking for vasnprintf... no
checking for usleep... yes
checking for gettimeofday... yes
checking for sleep... yes
checking for getopt_long_only... no
checking for strcasecmp... (cached) yes
checking for strncasecmp... (cached) yes
checking for library containing getaddrinfo... none required
checking for library containing gai_strerror... none required
checking for library containing getnameinfo... none required
checking for gai_strerror... yes
checking for inet_ntop... yes
checking for inet_pton... yes
checking for working getaddrinfo... yes
checking for working getnameinfo... yes
checking for sockaddr_in6... yes
checking for sockaddr_storage... yes
checking for AF_INET6 definition... yes
checking for IPv6 support... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating nbase_config.h
config.status: nbase_config.h is unchanged
configure: configuring in libpcap-possiblymodified
configure: running /bin/sh './configure' --prefix=/usr/local  
--cache-file=/dev/null --srcdir=.
checking build system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.5
checking host system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.5
checking target system type... powerpc-apple-darwin6.5
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
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 ANSI C... none needed
checking gcc version...
./configure: test: -gt: unary operator expected
checking for inline... inline
checking for __attribute__... yes
checking for u_int8_t using gcc... yes
checking for u_int16_t using gcc... yes
checking for u_int32_t using gcc... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for egrep... 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 sys/ioccom.h usability... yes
checking sys/ioccom.h presence... yes
checking for sys/ioccom.h... yes
checking sys/sockio.h usability... yes
checking sys/sockio.h presence... yes
checking for sys/sockio.h... yes
checking ifaddrs.h usability... yes
checking ifaddrs.h presence... yes
checking for ifaddrs.h... yes
checking limits.h usability... yes
checking limits.h presence... yes
checking for limits.h... yes
checking netinet/if_ether.h usability... no
checking netinet/if_ether.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: present but cannot be compiled
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: check for missing prerequisite 
headers?
configure: WARNING: netinet/if_ether.h: proceeding with the 
preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to address@hidden ##
configure: WARNING:     ## ------------------------------------ ##
checking for netinet/if_ether.h... yes
checking for ANSI ioctl definitions... yes
checking for ether_hostton... yes
checking for strerror... yes
checking for strlcpy... yes
checking if --disable-protochain option is specified... enabled
checking packet capture type... bpf
checking if --enable-ipv6 option is specified... no
checking whether to build optimizer debugging code... no
checking whether to build parser debugging code... no
checking whether we have /proc/net/dev... no
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking if sockaddr struct has sa_len member... yes
checking if dl_hp_ppa_info_t struct has dl_module_id_1 member... no
checking if unaligned accesses fail... no
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: config.h is unchanged