[solved] rtl8812au_aircrack-ng fails to build with kernel 5

Elleni · Veteran Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 1289

Any experienced user, that could tell why this ebuild from pentoo overlay does not build with mentioned kernel? Can this easily be fixed, or should I file a bug https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au/issues?

It does successfully build with kernels =<4.20.14 though.

build.log http://dpaste.com/3JG6ZXW

fedeliallalinea · Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 8:13 am Post subject:

It seems already fixed upstream, see https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au/blob/v5.2.20/os_dep/linux/rtw_android.c#L627
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Elleni · Veteran Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 1289

Hey fedeliallalinea, thanks for that info. That's good news

I was able to compile it while learning little bit about ebuilds

What I did was replacing the file rtw_android.c in /usr/portage/distfiles/rtl8812au_aircrack-ng-5.2.20_p20190107.tar.gz
Then I added pkg_nofetch according this example
https://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/functions/pkg_nofetch/index.html
I then removed Manifest in local overlay and created a new one.

And it compiled fine. Finally filled a bug @pentoo

Elleni · Veteran Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 1289

Edit to add, new ebuild was published on pentoo shortly after I had created bump request.