can't build without geoip support and linked against GeoIP.so and libmaxminddb.so

[thelounge-zz]

9.2.11 source build

--with-hrw-geo-provide

configure: error: unknown geo interface no
See `config.log' for more details

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besides that there is no usecase for GeoIP on the proxy machine you are linking against both "libGeoIP.so" and "libmaxminddb.so" even with "-with-hrw-geo-provider=maxminddb"

[root@proxy:]$ rpm -e GeoIP
error: Failed dependencies:
libGeoIP.so.1()(64bit) is needed by (installed) trafficserver-6:9.2.11-2.0.fc42.20251024.rh.skylake.x86_64
[root@proxy:]$ rpm -e libmaxminddb-1.12.2-3.fc42.x86_64
error: Failed dependencies:
libmaxminddb.so.0()(64bit) is needed by (installed) trafficserver-6:9.2.11-2.0.fc42.20251024.rh.skylake.x86_64

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Requires: ld-linux-x86-64.so.2()(64bit) ld-linux-x86-64.so.2(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) libGeoIP.so.1()(64bit) libbrotlienc.so.1()(64bit) libc.so.6()(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.10)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.14)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.15)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.17)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.2)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.4)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.32)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.33)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.34)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.38)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.4)(64bit) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.7)(64bit) libcap.so.2()(64bit) libcrypto.so.3()(64bit) libcrypto.so.3(OPENSSL_3.0.0)(64bit) libcrypto.so.3(OPENSSL_3.4.0)(64bit) libgcc_s.so.1()(64bit) libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.0)(64bit) libgcc_s.so.1(GCC_3.3.1)(64bit) libgomp.so.1()(64bit) liblzma.so.5()(64bit) liblzma.so.5(XZ_5.0)(64bit) libm.so.6()(64bit) libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.2.5)(64bit) libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.29)(64bit) libmaxminddb.so.0()(64bit) libncursesw.so.6()(64bit) libpcre.so.1()(64bit) libresolv.so.2()(64bit) libssl.so.3()(64bit) libssl.so.3(OPENSSL_3.0.0)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6()(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3.15)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3.5)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3.7)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3.8)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(CXXABI_1.3.9)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.11)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.14)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.15)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.18)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.19)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.20)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.21)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.26)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.29)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.30)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.32)(64bit) libstdc++.so.6(GLIBCXX_3.4.9)(64bit) libtinfo.so.6()(64bit) libtscore.so.9()(64bit) libtscpputil.so.9()(64bit) libtsmgmt.so.9()(64bit) libz.so.1()(64bit) libz.so.1(ZLIB_1.2.0)(64bit) rtld(GNU_HASH)
Checking for unpackaged file(s): /usr/lib/rpm/check-files /home/builduser/rpmbuild/BUILD/trafficserver-9.2.11-build/BUILDROOT

[ezelkow1]

i think the first source build issue stems from a typo, should be provider not provide. I think the way the autoconf ends up parsing out you end up with that error from that typo.

The other is going to depend on how you built your rpm and specified dependencies in the spec file no?

There are a few ambiguities in the makefiles around header rewrite and these library inclusions that I could look at cleaning up though

This is also going to depend on your build system. By default if you specify no provider, if both libs exist on your build system then header rewrite is going to prefer geoip, if only one exists that one will be automatically chosen. So if you have geoip installed it will get pulled in as a dependency by default. The way the make system works now though it is actually going to pull in both if they exist.

Maxmind will also be pulled if you are also building experimental plugins. Since the maxmind plugin is going to be built and link against maxminddb if it exists.

[thelounge-zz]

jesus see "configure: error: unknown geo interface no" as error message which makes clear that "--without-hrw-geo-provider" was used resulting in that error - if it would have been a typo it would have been ignored completly or throw an error about a unkwon option

"The other is going to depend on how you built your rpm and specified dependencies in the spec file no" is nonsense because this is a rpm build and binary dependencies are automatically detected - if the resulting binaries won't link the GeoIP-stuff rpmbuild won't create dependencies

[thelounge-zz]

"Maxmind will also be pulled if you are also building experimental plugins. Since the maxmind plugin is going to be built and link against maxminddb if it exists" isn't true - can you please stop to pretend things which are easily proven to be wrong?

--with-hrw-geo-provider=maxminddb specified and "header_rewrite.so" links "libmaxminddb" as well as "libGeoIP" so please stop to telling me something about other or even experimental plugins - even if that would be true my package is only shipping "compress.so" and "header_rewrite.so"

--without-hrw-geo-provider results in "configure: error: unknown geo interface no"

[root@testserver:~]$ ldd /usr/lib64/trafficserver/plugins/header_rewrite.so
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fcf3219f000)
libGeoIP.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libGeoIP.so.1 (0x00007fcf32120000)
libmaxminddb.so.0 => /usr/lib64/libmaxminddb.so.0 (0x00007fcf32118000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fcf31e00000)
libm.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libm.so.6 (0x00007fcf31d0b000)
libgomp.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libgomp.so.1 (0x00007fcf320c0000)
libc.so.6 => /usr/lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007fcf31b18000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fcf321a1000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib64/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fcf32092000)

./configure --quiet --enable-layout=Gentoo
--libdir=%{_libdir}/%{name}
--disable-curl
--disable-debug
--disable-diags
--disable-hwloc
--disable-static
--disable-tests
--disable-unwind
--enable-shared
--with-brotli=%{_prefix}
--with-group=ats
--with-hrw-geo-provider=maxminddb
--with-luajit=%{_prefix}
--with-lzma=%{_prefix}
--with-openssl=%{_prefix}
--with-pcre=%{_prefix}
--with-pic
--with-user=ats
--with-zlib=%{_prefix}
--without-jemalloc
%{__make} --quiet %{?_smp_mflags}

[thelounge-zz]

and to be honest - why is this stuff enabled by default at all? i doubt that a majority of users is caring about GeoIP no matter what provider

[thelounge-zz]

what i don't understand is why you simply don't try to build with "--with-hrw-geo-provider=maxminddb" and look at ldd-outout for "header_rewrite.so" which shows you that BOTH "ibmaxminddb.so.0" as well as "libGeoIP.so.1" are linked in case both devel-packages are present on the build machine

the same for "--without-hrw-geo-provider" resulting in "configure: error: unknown geo interface no" - if it would have been a typo (the missing r) this error rmessage won't be possible at all

"specified dependencies in the spec file" - you don't specify library dependencies by hand in SPEC files, that's what rpmbuild is supposed to do for decades depending on the linked libraries after building the binary

[ezelkow1]

Can you try #12909 as i believe that may resolve your issue

[thelounge-zz]

if someone hands me over a .patch file for rpmbuild - it's cary that shithub still don't offer a simple download option for a commit

c9c0d10

https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/12909/changes/c9c0d10315626b5e20274e5559185f7c9bbe0df6.diff
https://github.com/apache/trafficserver/pull/12909/changes/c9c0d10315626b5e20274e5559185f7c9bbe0df6.patch
406 Not Acceptable

[thelounge-zz]

ok, download from github by adding .patch seems to work again - but the patch applied to rombuild don't change anything
--without-hrw-geo-provider still ends in "configure: error: unknown geo interface no"

even as PHP programmer i don't see how this change is supposed to solve the problem
can't you simply stop wasting time for both of us and call "./configure --without-hrw-geo-provider" at your own?

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removing both devel packages from the system would work to build ATS without linking any of both libraries but that's no solution because they are need for other packages and making "--without-hrw-geo-provider" work is the correct solution

[root@testserver:]$ rpm -e --nodeps libmaxminddb-devel-1.13.1-1.fc43.x86_64 GeoIP-devel-1.6.12-11.fc43.20260209.rh.x86_64
[root@testserver:]$

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• echo 'Patch When receiving a SIGTERM wait() for children #1 (trafficserver-geoip.patch):'
  Patch When receiving a SIGTERM wait() for children #1 (trafficserver-geoip.patch):
• /usr/bin/patch --no-backup-if-mismatch -f -p1 --fuzz=0
  patching file configure.ac
  Hunk When receiving a SIGTERM wait() for children #1 succeeded at 1798 (offset -8 lines).
  patching file plugins/header_rewrite/Makefile.inc

./configure --quiet --enable-layout=Gentoo --libdir=/usr/lib64/trafficserver --disable-curl --disable-debug --disable-diags --disable-hwloc --disable-static --disable-tests --disable-unwind --enable-shared --with-brotli=/usr --with-group=ats --without-hrw-geo-provider --with-luajit=/usr --with-lzma=/usr --with-openssl=/usr --with-pcre=/usr --with-pic --with-user=ats --with-zlib=/usr --without-jemalloc

configure: error: in `/home/builduser/rpmbuild/BUILD/trafficserver-9.2.12-build/trafficserver-9.2.12':
configure: error: unknown geo interface no

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[builduser@testserver:/rpmbuild/BUILD/trafficserver-9.2.12-build/trafficserver-9.2.12]$ cat config.log | grep -i geo
$ ./configure --quiet --enable-layout=Gentoo --libdir=/usr/lib64/trafficserver --disable-curl --disable-debug --disable-diags --disable-hwloc --disable-static --disable-tests --disable-unwind --enable-shared --with-brotli=/usr --with-group=ats --without-hrw-geo-provider --with-luajit=/usr --with-lzma=/usr --with-openssl=/usr --with-pcre=/usr --with-pic --with-user=ats --with-zlib=/usr --without-jemalloc
configure:29779: checking GeoIP.h usability
configure:29779: checking GeoIP.h presence
configure:29779: checking for GeoIP.h
configure:29785: checking for GeoIP_new in -lGeoIP
configure:29810: gcc -m64 -O2 -g0 -march=skylake -mtune=skylake -mno-avx512f -mfpmath=sse -msse2avx -ftree-slp-vectorize -fopenmp -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -fomit-frame-pointer -fexceptions -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=6 -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -w -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC --param=ssp-buffer-size=8 -fPIC -flto=7 -o conftest -m64 -O2 -g0 -march=skylake -mtune=skylake -mno-avx512f -mfpmath=sse -msse2avx -ftree-slp-vectorize -fopenmp -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -fomit-frame-pointer -fexceptions -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=6 -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -w -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC --param=ssp-buffer-size=8 -fPIC -flto=7 -m64 -O2 -g0 -march=skylake -mtune=skylake -mno-avx512f -mfpmath=sse -msse2avx -ftree-slp-vectorize -fopenmp -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -fomit-frame-pointer -fexceptions -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=6 -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -w -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC --param=ssp-buffer-size=8 -fPIC -flto=7 -D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include -DOPENSSL_NO_SSL_INTERN -DOPENSSL_API_COMPAT=10002 -DOPENSSL_IS_OPENSSL3 -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,relro -m64 -O2 -g0 -march=skylake -mtune=skylake -mno-avx512f -mfpmath=sse -msse2avx -ftree-slp-vectorize -fopenmp -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -fomit-frame-pointer -fexceptions -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=6 -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -w -Wformat -Werror=format-security -fPIC --param=ssp-buffer-size=8 -flto=7 -pie -fPIE -L/usr/lib64 conftest.c -lGeoIP >&5
configure:29973: error: unknown geo interface no
ac_cv_header_GeoIP_h=yes
ac_cv_lib_GeoIP_GeoIP_new=yes
GEOIP_LIBS='-lGeoIP'
HAS_GEOIP_FALSE='#'
HAS_GEOIP_TRUE=''
has_geoip='1'
use_hrw_geoip='0'
#define HAVE_GEOIP_H 1

[ezelkow1]

Updated that PR to now have --without support (as well as specifying none as a provider), this was never a valid nor advertised option previously but it gives you multiple ways to disable it:

--with-hrw-geo-provider=geoip|maxminddb|none geo provider to use with header_rewrite [default=auto]; use 'none' or --without-hrw-geo-provider to disable geo support

testing here i no longer saw hdrrwr linking against maxmind when using without (I do not have geoip installed here as it is no longer available in el9+ distros)

[thelounge-zz]

where can i find it?

"this was never a valid nor advertised option previously" - ./configure --help implicitly advertises --without for every with option