tipc tool isn't built in iproute2

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better.

I see that libmnl-dev is in universe in Ubuntu so it should be relatively easy to add the build dependency, but we are in final freeze right now so this may have to wait until the next release.

This bug also should be sent upstream to Debian as our build-depends line is derived from theirs, and I don't see any reason for Ubuntu to be different from Debian here.

Thank you for your quick response.
However, the tag "wishlist" does not sound very convincing to me. TIPC
is not a one-man or small interest group project, despite still being
little known. It is the main IPC solution used by my company, telco
vendor Ericsson, as well as by WindRiver, Huawei and numerous other big
and small companies.

It would be very nice (an I would personally be very pleased) if we
could add Debian/Ubuntu to our list of eligible distros for our
applications.

Thank you
Jon Maloy,
Ericsson Canada, Montreal

On 10/21/2015 04:16 AM, Robie Basak wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better.
>
> I see that libmnl-dev is in universe in Ubuntu so it should be
> relatively easy to add the build dependency, but we are in final freeze
> right now so this may have to wait until the next release.
>
> This bug also should be sent upstream to Debian as our build-depends
> line is derived from theirs, and I don't see any reason for Ubuntu to be
> different from Debian here.
>
> ** Tags added: needs-upstream-report
>
> ** Changed in: iproute2 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Triaged
>
> ** Changed in: iproute2 (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
>

Just so there is no misunderstanding. I assume you automatically issue
the upstream report?
Or do I have to do it?

FYI, Redhat fixed a similar report on Fedora 23 within a few hours,
after their official final freeze.

Regards
///jon

On 10/21/2015 04:16 AM, Robie Basak wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better.
>
> I see that libmnl-dev is in universe in Ubuntu so it should be
> relatively easy to add the build dependency, but we are in final freeze
> right now so this may have to wait until the next release.
>
> This bug also should be sent upstream to Debian as our build-depends
> line is derived from theirs, and I don't see any reason for Ubuntu to be
> different from Debian here.
>
> ** Tags added: needs-upstream-report
>
> ** Changed in: iproute2 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Triaged
>
> ** Changed in: iproute2 (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
>

Anyone can do it. I was just trying to be helpful in identifying what needed doing. But I have now filed this in Debian for you.

> FYI, Redhat fixed a similar report on Fedora 23 within a few hours, after their official final freeze.

Have Red Hat released a version of RHEL with tipc support? Otherwise it is not a fair comparison since they do not provide enterprise-level support for Fedora.

Ok. Thank you for filing.
I am aware of the difference between Fedora and Ubuntu, so I agree the
comparison was not fair; don't take offence ;)
At this moment TIPC is not supported by RHEL, but we are working on that
too.

Regards
///jon

On 11/03/2015 03:50 AM, Robie Basak wrote:
> Anyone can do it. I was just trying to be helpful in identifying what
> needed doing. But I have now filed this in Debian for you.
>
>> FYI, Redhat fixed a similar report on Fedora 23 within a few hours,
> after their official final freeze.
>
> Have Red Hat released a version of RHEL with tipc support? Otherwise it
> is not a fair comparison since they do not provide enterprise-level
> support for Fedora.
>
> ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #803922
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=803922
>
> ** Also affects: iproute2 (Debian) via
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=803922
> Importance: Unknown
> Status: Unknown
>

Thank you for filing the report. Don't take offence for my
mentioning of Fedora; I am aware of the differences, and
RHEL would certainly be a more fair comparison. We are
working to have them supporting TIPC too.

Regards
///jon

On 11/03/2015 03:50 AM, Robie Basak wrote:
> Anyone can do it. I was just trying to be helpful in identifying what
> needed doing. But I have now filed this in Debian for you.
>
>> FYI, Redhat fixed a similar report on Fedora 23 within a few hours,
> after their official final freeze.
>
> Have Red Hat released a version of RHEL with tipc support? Otherwise it
> is not a fair comparison since they do not provide enterprise-level
> support for Fedora.
>
> ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #803922
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=803922
>
> ** Also affects: iproute2 (Debian) via
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=803922
> Importance: Unknown
> Status: Unknown
>

I just downloaded and tried 16.04 Xenial, and noticed that this has still not been fixed.
Please ensure that this is done, as this is really important for us.

///jon

Hi,
I added a comment to this bug report, noting that this still hasn't been fixed in 16.04.
So far, no response...

BR
///Jon Maloy

Hi Jon,

Can you test a new iproute2 package in this ppa:kick-d/upload ?

Regards,
Pierre-André

Hi,
Yes, I tried it, and it worked fine.

Thanks
///jon

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, 05 April, 2016 06:52
> To: Jon Maloy
> Subject: [Bug 1508225] Re: tipc tool isn't built in iproute2
>
> Hi Jon,
>
> Can you test a new iproute2 package in this ppa:kick-d/upload ?
>
> Regards,
> Pierre-André
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1508225
>
> Title:
> tipc tool isn't built in iproute2
>
> Status in iproute2 package in Ubuntu:
> In Progress
> Status in iproute2 package in Debian:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> A new tool "tipc" was added to iproute2 v 4.1.1, needed for managing
> the TIPC kernel module.
>
> Despite being present in the source code, it has not been built in the current
> iproute2 package that comes with 15.10, something forcing all users to check out
> the code and build it manually.
> The reason for the buld failure is that it has a dependency to libmnl-dev,
> although this is not listed in the dependency list. Stephen Hemminger has
> confirmed that that using libmnl in iproute2 is ok, but unfortunately the
> dependency has been made optional, meaning that the build will just silently
> bypass TIPC is libmnl-dev is not found.
>
> If you just add libmnl-dev to the dependency list and make sure it is
> available when iproute2 is built the problem should be solved. On our
> side we will try to have the optionality removed from iproute2.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
> Package: iproute2 4.1.1-1ubuntu1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-16.19-generic 4.2.3
> Uname: Linux 4.2.0-16-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
> Architecture: amd64
> CurrentDesktop: Unity
> Date: Tue Oct 20 17:56:42 2015
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-10-20 (0 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151019)
> SourcePackage: iproute2
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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> ions

Thanks for testing.

It will be available soon in the archive.

Regards,
Pierre-André

This bug was fixed in the package iproute2 - 4.3.0-1ubuntu3

---------------
iproute2 (4.3.0-1ubuntu3) xenial; urgency=medium

  * Add d/p/1003-fix-variable-in-libnetlink.patch (LP: #1522371), fix a variable name
    collision issuing a segfault; from upstream.
  * Add TIPC support (LP: #1508225):
    - d/control: add libmnl-dev to BDs, to include TIPC support.
    - d/iproute2.install: add tipc binary.

 -- Pierre-André MOREY <email address hidden> Tue, 05 Apr 2016 09:43:44 +0200