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Message-ID: <20131102190743.GR1685@port70.net>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 20:07:43 +0100
From: Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@...t70.net>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: netinet/if_ether.h and linux/if_ether.h

* Paul Schutte <sjpschutte@...il.com> [2013-11-02 13:18:41 +0000]:
> I am trying to compile openvpn against musl and I get the following:
> 
> In file included from /usr/include/linux/if_tun.h:20:0,
>                  from syshead.h:222,
>                  from base64.c:40:
> /usr/include/linux/if_ether.h:127:8: error: redefinition of 'struct ethhdr'
> /usr/include/netinet/if_ether.h:93:8: note: originally defined here
> 

yes this was reported earlier but it was not addressed

there is no clean solution: netinet/if_ether.h should include
linux/if_ether.h so they don't conflict, but then it cannot be
used without the kernel headers

> I can get it to work by just removing the netinet/if_ether.h part, but
> maybe it is something worthy of your attention.

netinet/if_ether.h has additional interfaces over the linux/if_ether.h
ones, so this does not work in general

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