I have received dozens of reports from people receiving the following
error from ./configure:
checking for type of 6th argument to recvfrom()... configure: error: Cannot find type for 6th argument to recvfrom()
In all the cases I have seen so far, the problem is that they don't
have a C++ compiler such as g++. Admittedly the error message doesn't
exactly make this obvious :). The solution is to install g++. If you
already have a C++ compiler, put it in your $PATH or pass configure
the path like: ./configure CXX=/usr/hidden/bin/g++ . Or you can just
use binaries, such as Linux RPMs.
For the next version of Nmap, I have tried to detect the "no C++
compiler" problem earlier and give an appropriate message.
Cheers,
Fyodor
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