Broken build using v0.9.0 release tar
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Description
BCC can not be build on an Arch Linux 4.20.14 system using the [v0.9.0](https://github.com/iovisor/bcc/archive/v0.9.0.tar.gz) release tar from GitHub. However, it can be build using the git repository and checking out the v0.9.0 tag. I successfully reproduced the error on another Arch machine with a different configuration. Hence, I do not think the problem is device specific. Furthermore, the previous version v0.8.0 builds fine.
I used the following commands for building
```bash
mkdir build; cd build
cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..
make
```
and got the following error message
```txt
bcc-0.9.0/src/cc/libbpf.c:54:10: fatal error: libbpf/src/bpf.h: No such file or directory
#include "libbpf/src/bpf.h"
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [src/cc/CMakeFiles/bpf-shared.dir/build.make:63: src/cc/CMakeFiles/bpf-shared.dir/libbpf.c.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:163: src/cc/CMakeFiles/bpf-shared.dir/all] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:141: all] Error 2
```
To be honest I am a little bit confused as to what might be the cause of the error. It might very well just me doing something wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Compare the GitHub v0.9.0 release tar with the repository checked out at the v0.9.0 tag, focusing on the missing libbpf/src/bpf.h reported by the compiler. Reproduce the build with mkdir build; cd build; cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr ..; make on Arch Linux. Done means the v0.9.0 release tar completes the build like the matching git checkout.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- arch-linux, c, cmake, linux
- Domain
- build-system, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100