[Oisf-devel] Steps to cross compile Suricata

[Mahendra Ladhe]

Hi,
   I'm trying to cross compile Suricata using a mips toolchain.
After crossing some hurdles, now I'm stuck at the following point.

My configure command line is
configure --enable-nfqueue --prefix=<path> --sysconfdir=<path> --localstatedir=<path> --host=<path> --with-libpcap-includes=<path> --with-libpcap-libraries=<path> --with-libpcre-includes=<path> --with-libpcre-libraries=<path>  --with-libyaml-includes=<path> --with-libyaml-libraries=<path> --with-libnfnetlink-includes=<path> --with-libnfnetlink-libraries=<path> --with-libnetfilter_queue-includes=<path> --with-libnetfilter_queue-libraries=<path>

As can be seen, I've already cross compiled and installed all the dependencies.

The configure script stops at the following.
blah blah blah
checking libnfnetlink/libnfnetlink.h usability... yes
checking libnfnetlink/libnfnetlink.h presence... yes
checking for libnfnetlink/libnfnetlink.h... yes
checking for nfnl_fd in -lnfnetlink... yes
checking libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h usability... yes
checking libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h presence... yes
checking for libnetfilter_queue/libnetfilter_queue.h... yes
checking for nfq_open in -lnetfilter_queue... no
checking for nfq_set_queue_maxlen in -lnetfilter_queue... no
checking for nfq_set_verdict2 in -lnetfilter_queue... no
checking for nfq_set_queue_flags in -lnetfilter_queue... no
checking for signed nfq_get_payload payload argument... no
  ERROR!  libnetfilter_queue library not found, go get it
  from www.netfilter.org.
  we automatically append libnetfilter_queue when searching
  for headers etc. when the --with-libnfq-includes directive
  is used

I do have libnetfilter_queue library installed and its path passed to the configure script using --with-libnetfilter_queue-includes and --with-libnetfilter_queue-libraries options.
(Please also notice the error in the error message: There is no --with-libnfq-includes directive in the configure script).

As of today, I've a feeling that Suricata developers didn't pay attention to cross compiling aspect and focused only on x86.
On Internet, I can easily find step by step description of how to build Suricata on say Fedora/Ubuntu etc Linux, but am not finding any
webpage describing the same for cross compiling.

Could someone please clarify the steps for cross compiling Suricata ?

Thank you,
Mahendra
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