wsman-curl-client-transport.c:225:18: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type

[JustKilian]

when executing the make command on a Ubuntu 18.04 the above mentioned error appears.

Making all in libs
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs'
Making all in openwsman
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman'
make  all-recursive
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman'
Making all in include
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/include'
Makefile:423: target 'pdf-recursive' given more than once in the same rule
Making all in u
make[5]: Entering directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/include/u'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/include/u'
Making all in cim
make[5]: Entering directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/include/cim'
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/include/cim'
make[5]: Entering directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/include'
Makefile:423: target 'pdf-recursive' given more than once in the same rule
make[5]: Nothing to be done for 'all-am'.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/include'
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/include'
Making all in src
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/src'
Making all in lib
make[5]: Entering directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/src/lib'
Making all in .
make[6]: Entering directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/src/lib'
if /bin/bash libtool --tag=CC   --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../.. -I../../include -I/usr/include/libxml2    -g -O2 		-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations 		-Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith                 -Wunused -Werror -DPACKAGE_PLUGIN_DIR="\"/home/username/dash-sdk/lib/openwsman/plugins\"" -g -O2 		-Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations 		-Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith                 -Wunused -Werror -MT wsman-curl-client-transport.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/wsman-curl-client-transport.Tpo" -c -o wsman-curl-client-transport.lo wsman-curl-client-transport.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/wsman-curl-client-transport.Tpo" ".deps/wsman-curl-client-transport.Plo"; else rm -f ".deps/wsman-curl-client-transport.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
libtool: compile:  gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../.. -I../.. -I../../include -I/usr/include/libxml2 -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Wunused -Werror -DPACKAGE_PLUGIN_DIR=\"/home/username/dash-sdk/lib/openwsman/plugins\" -g -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wmissing-prototypes -Wnested-externs -Wpointer-arith -Wunused -Werror -MT wsman-curl-client-transport.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/wsman-curl-client-transport.Tpo -c wsman-curl-client-transport.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/wsman-curl-client-transport.o
wsman-curl-client-transport.c: In function ‘ssl_certificate_thumbprint_verify_callback’:
wsman-curl-client-transport.c:225:18: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type
  X509 *cert = ctx->cert;
                  ^
Makefile:581: recipe for target 'wsman-curl-client-transport.lo' failed
make[6]: *** [wsman-curl-client-transport.lo] Error 1
make[6]: Leaving directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/src/lib'
Makefile:744: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[5]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/src/lib'
Makefile:348: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[4]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman/src'
Makefile:421: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman'
Makefile:340: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs/openwsman'
Makefile:257: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/username/dash-sdk/libs'
Makefile:330: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1

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Am i doing something wrong or is there a bug in the program?

[juergh]

I haven't touched this in ages. If you're interested in the CLI you might have better luck with the Linux binaries from https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/manageability-tools.

[juergh]

Try ./configure --disable-eventing