Re: Build failure in nmap-7.98

On Mon, 2025-08-25 at 19:54 -0400, Joe Locash wrote:
> On 8/25/25 7:51 PM, "Douglas R. Reno" ([email protected] via
> blfs-dev Mailing List) wrote:
> > On 8/25/25 6:34 PM, Bruce Dubbs ([email protected] via blfs-dev 
> > Mailing List) wrote:
> > > On 8/25/25 5:39 PM, Joe Locash ([email protected] via blfs-dev 
> > > Mailing List) wrote:
> > > > On 8/25/25 6:28 PM, "Douglas R. Reno" ([email protected] 
> > > > via blfs-dev Mailing List) wrote:
> > > > > Hey folks,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm building nmap right now so that I can test gnome-nettool. While 
> > > > > building it, I've run into the following error:
> > > > > 
> > > > > g++ -Wl,-E  -Lnbase -Lnsock/src/   -o nmap charpool.o 
> > > > > FingerPrintResults.o FPEngine.o FPModel.o idle_scan.
> > > > > o MACLookup.o nmap_dns.o nmap_error.o nmap.o nmap_ftp.o NmapOps.o 
> > > > > NmapOutputTable.o nmap_tty.o osscan2.o o
> > > > > sscan.o output.o payload.o portlist.o portreasons.o protocols.o 
> > > > > scan_engine.o scan_engine_connect.o scan_e
> > > > > ngine_raw.o scan_lists.o service_scan.o services.o string_pool.o 
> > > > > NewTargets.o TargetGroup.o Target.o targe
> > > > > ts.o tcpip.o timing.o traceroute.o utils.o xml.o nse_main.o 
> > > > > nse_utility.o nse_nsock.o nse_db.o nse_dnet.o
> > > > > nse_fs.o nse_nmaplib.o nse_debug.o nse_lpeg.o nse_openssl.o 
> > > > > nse_ssl_cert.o nse_libssh2.o nse_zlib.o main.o
> > > > >  -lnsock -lnbase -lpcre2-8 -lpcap -lssh2 -lssl -lcrypto -lz 
> > > > > libnetutil/ libnetutil.a ./libdnet-stripped/src
> > > > > /.libs/libdnet.a  -llinear -llua
> > > > > cd zenmap && /usr/bin/python3 
> > > > > install_scripts/utils/version_update.py "7.98"
> > > > > /sources/nmap-7.98/nmap-7.98/zenmap/install_scripts/utils/version_update.py:89: 
> > > > > DeprecationWarning: 'count
> > > > > ' is passed as positional argument
> > > > >   version = re.sub(r'(?=[^0-9.])', '+', version, 1)
> > > > > > > > Updating version number to "7.98"
> > > > > > > > Updating ./zenmapCore/Version.py
> > > > > > > > Updating ./zenmapCore/Name.py
> > > > > /usr/bin/python3 -m build --no-isolation zenmap/
> > > > > * Getting build dependencies for sdist...
> > > > > running egg_info
> > > > > creating zenmap.egg-info
> > > > > writing zenmap.egg-info/PKG-INFO
> > > > > writing dependency_links to zenmap.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
> > > > > writing entry points to zenmap.egg-info/entry_points.txt
> > > > > writing requirements to zenmap.egg-info/requires.txt
> > > > > writing top-level names to zenmap.egg-info/top_level.txt
> > > > > writing manifest file 'zenmap.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
> > > > > ERROR setuptools_scm._file_finders.git listing git files failed - 
> > > > > pretending there aren't any
> > > > > reading manifest file 'zenmap.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
> > > > > adding license file 'LICENSE'
> > > > > adding license file 'COPYING_HIGWIDGETS'
> > > > > writing manifest file 'zenmap.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
> > > > > 
> > > > > ERROR Missing dependencies:
> > > > >         setuptools-gettext
> > > > > make: *** [Makefile:354: build-zenmap] Error 1
> > > > > 56.1 Elasped Time - nmap-7.98
> > > > > 
> > > > > It looks like nmap-7.98 was put in three days ago.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The module it's asking for is setuptools-gettext, which can be
> > > > > found at https:// pypi.org/project/setuptools-gettext/
> > > > > 
> > > > > Can anyone else reproduce this? 
> > > > 
> > > > I'm seeing the same thing.
> > > 
> > > Hmm.  I did not see that.
> > > 
> > >     sed -i 's/-m build/& --no-isolation/' Makefile.in &&
> > > 
> > >     ./configure --prefix=/usr &&
> > >     make $BFLAGS              &&
> > > 
> > >     sed -e '/import imp/d'                \
> > >         -e 's/^ndiff = .*$/import ndiff/' \
> > >         -i ndiff/ndifftest.py
> > > 
> > >     # Tests need to be in a gui
> > >     echo "BLFS Start CHECKS"  &&
> > >     (sudo make check || true) &&
> > > 
> > >     echo "BLFS Start INSTALL"  &&
> > > #    DESTDIR install is not honored for all operations
> > > #    make DESTDIR=$DEST -n install &&
> > >     $SUDO make install
> > >      :
> > > 
> > > I can attach the build log if desired.
> > > 
> > >   -- Bruce
> > > 
> > > 
> > Your script is close, but not quite :)
> > 
> > Here's the instructions in the book:
> > 
> > sed -ri Makefile.in \
> >     -e 's#-m build#& --no-isolation#'  \
> >     -e '/pip install/s#(ZENMAP|NDIFF)DIR\)/#&dist/*.whl#'
> > 
> > 
> > and your script:
> > 
> >     sed -i 's/-m build/& --no-isolation/' Makefile.in &&
> > 
> > 
> > I think the second expression might be the cause. 
> 
> Neither sed works.

The point is not those sed work.  It's lacking the second sed can hide
the issue.

I added those sed and IIRC without the first one the build process will
download copies of needed Python wheels from Internet, without the
second one the install process will ignore the wheels we already built
in the build process and build them again, and again download copies of
dependencies from the Internet.

Thus I guess what happened on Bruce's system is with the first sed (but
not setuptools-gettext) the build actually fails, but without the second
sed a copy of setuptools-gettext is downloaded from the Internet at the
install stage and the issue is hided.

So we need to add setuptools-gettext (unless we can find a way to
disable it).  Adding "building this package requires an Internet
connection" is not a good option here because pip is downloading the
compiled wheels (instead of sources like cpan and cargo), and the
dependency is not simply used by the tests.

-- 
Xi Ruoyao <[email protected]>

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