[pkg-go] Bug#836805: Bug#836805: gobgp: FTBFS (i386): undefined: syscall.SYS_SETSOCKOPT

[Vincent Bernat]

 ❦  6 septembre 2016 02:42 CEST, "Aaron M. Ucko" <amu at alum.mit.edu> :

> The i386 build of gobgp failed:
>
>   # github.com/osrg/gobgp/server
>   src/github.com/osrg/gobgp/server/sockopt.go:66: undefined: syscall.SYS_SETSOCKOPT
>   src/github.com/osrg/gobgp/server/sockopt_linux.go:95: undefined: syscall.SYS_SETSOCKOPT
>
> AFAICT, this error stems from the fact that early Linux architectures such
> as i386 historically multiplexed setsockopt and several other functions
> through a special "socketcall" syscall.  i386 did eventually develop a
> dedicated setsockopt syscall (number 366), but zsysnum_linux_386.go
> doesn't (yet) reflect that, and I don't know what the runtime portability
> considerations of using it would be anyway.  Instead, I'd recommend using
> the predefined syscall.setsockopt wrapper.
>
> Could you please take a look?

Unfortunately, the wrapper is not available to use by external
packages. The syscall.SetsockoptString could be used instead since Go
strings are not null-terminated.
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