cannot make "'libmill/.libs/libmill.a' failed"

[Diego-OT]

Im using ubuntu 18

git clone https://github.com/cloudflare/mmproxy.git --recursive
cd mmproxy
make

Error:
`make -C libmill distclean

make[1]: Entering directory '/home/mmproxy/libmill'

make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'distclean'. Stop.

make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/mmproxy/libmill'

Makefile:38: recipe for target 'libmill/.libs/libmill.a' failed

make: [libmill/.libs/libmill.a] Error 2 (ignored)

if [ ! -e libmill/configure ]; then (cd libmill && ./autogen.sh); fi
./autogen.sh: 3: ./autogen.sh: autoreconf: not found

Makefile:38: recipe for target 'libmill/.libs/libmill.a' failed

make: *** [libmill/.libs/libmill.a] Error 127
`

[shrey2682]

Same issue. I then installed the below additional packages on my Ubuntu 20.04.2 server:

---

sudo apt-get install
g++
libboost-all-dev
libevent-dev
libdouble-conversion-dev
libgoogle-glog-dev
libgflags-dev
libiberty-dev
liblz4-dev
liblzma-dev
libsnappy-dev
zlib1g-dev
binutils-dev
libjemalloc-dev
libssl-dev
pkg-config
libunwind-dev
libgtk-3-dev
autoconf
automake
cmake
make

---

However, after this I ran into the following issue:

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make[1]: Entering directory '/home/ubuntu/temp/mmproxy/libmill'
CC libmill_la-chan.lo
CC libmill_la-cr.lo
CC libmill_la-debug.lo
CC libmill_la-ip.lo
In file included from ip.c:44:
ip.c: In function ‘mill_ipremote_’:
dns/dns.h:1009:24: error: lvalue required as unary ‘&’ operand
1009 | #define dns_opts(...) (&dns_quietinit((struct dns_options)DNS_OPTS_INIT(VA_ARGS)))
| ^
ip.c:268:31: note: in expansion of macro ‘dns_opts’
268 | mill_dns_hints, NULL, dns_opts(), &rc);
| ^~~~~~~~
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1237: libmill_la-ip.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/ubuntu/temp/mmproxy/libmill'
make: *** [Makefile:41: libmill/.libs/libmill.a] Error 2

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Any suggestions on how to fix this?

[mrbluecoat]

I get the same error as @shrey2682

update: the go version seems more stable:

go get github.com/path-network/go-mmproxy
mv ~/go/bin/go-mmproxy /usr/local/bin/

[coolaj86]

Same here, codeblocking for readability:

make[1]: Entering directory '/app/mmproxy/libmill'
  CC       libmill_la-chan.lo
  CC       libmill_la-cr.lo
  CC       libmill_la-debug.lo
  CC       libmill_la-ip.lo
In file included from ip.c:44:
ip.c: In function 'mill_ipremote_':
dns/dns.h:1009:24: error: lvalue required as unary '&' operand
 1009 | #define dns_opts(...) (&dns_quietinit((struct dns_options)DNS_OPTS_INIT(__VA_ARGS__)))
      |                        ^
ip.c:268:31: note: in expansion of macro 'dns_opts'
  268 |         mill_dns_hints, NULL, dns_opts(), &rc);
      |                               ^~~~~~~~
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1239: libmill_la-ip.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/app/mmproxy/libmill'
make: *** [Makefile:41: libmill/.libs/libmill.a] Error 2

[fifopipo]

Use this patch to proceed. Fyi, not a dev.

--- dns.h.ori	2024-01-15 13:55:52.380476121 +0000
+++ dns.h	2024-01-15 13:56:47.555175431 +0000
@@ -1006,6 +1006,14 @@
 #define DNS_OPTS_INITIALIZER  { DNS_OPTS_INITIALIZER_ }
 #define DNS_OPTS_INIT(...)    { DNS_OPTS_INITIALIZER_, __VA_ARGS__ }
 
+#if __GNUC__ < 9
+/* GCC parses the _Pragma operator less elegantly than clang. */
+#define dns_quietinit(...) \
+        __extension__ ({ DNS_PRAGMA_PUSH DNS_PRAGMA_QUIET __VA_ARGS__; DNS_PRAGMA_POP })
+#else
+#define dns_quietinit(...) __VA_ARGS__
+#endif
+
 #define dns_opts(...) (&dns_quietinit((struct dns_options)DNS_OPTS_INIT(__VA_ARGS__)))
 
 struct dns_options {