This was seen with a sufficiently-old /usr/include/linux (from Linux 2.6.32). In file included from common.c:10: /usr/include/linux/netlink.h:34: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before 'sa_family_t' The solution is to include <linux/*> last of all system headers. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxx> --- src/common.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/common.c b/src/common.c index b9598bf..336d2b4 100644 --- a/src/common.c +++ b/src/common.c @@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ * (at your option) any later version. */ +#include <stdlib.h> +#include <sys/socket.h> #include <linux/netlink.h> #include <linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h> @@ -14,7 +16,6 @@ #include <libnftnl/common.h> #include "internal.h" -#include<stdlib.h> struct nlmsghdr *nft_nlmsg_build_hdr(char *buf, uint16_t cmd, uint16_t family, uint16_t type, uint32_t seq) -- 1.8.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html