For what it’s worth, libnethogs.so is a symbolic link when I build
(for aarch64), both with v2 and v3 of the patch.
//Peter
*From:*[email protected] <openembedded-
[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Khem Raj via
lists.openembedded.org
*Sent:* den 8 november 2025 18:07
*To:* [email protected]
*Cc:* [email protected]; openembedded-
[email protected]; Peter Kjellerstedt
<[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [oe] [meta-oe][PATCH v3] nethogs: add recipe
Seeing this error
https://errors.yoctoproject.org/Errors/Details/887661/ <https://
errors.yoctoproject.org/Errors/Details/887661/>
On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
From: Wen Yang <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool. Instead of breaking the traffic
down per protocol or per subnet, like most tools do, it groups
bandwidth by process.
Signed-off-by: Wen Yang <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
---
...0001-meson-cleanup-version-detection.patch | 49 +++++
...n-fix-build-with-libnethogs-disabled.patch | 38 ++++
.../files/0003-meson-run-meson-format.patch | 183
++++++++++++++++++
.../files/0004-meson-fix-library-name.patch | 25 +++
...-security-flags-to-LDFLAGS-for-Linux.patch | 25 +++
...S-for-devices.cpp-and-libnethogs.cpp.patch | 30 +++
.../nethogs/nethogs_git.bb <http://nethogs_git.bb> |
21 ++
7 files changed, 371 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/
files/0001-meson-cleanup-version-detection.patch
create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/
files/0002-meson-fix-build-with-libnethogs-disabled.patch
create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/
files/0003-meson-run-meson-format.patch
create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/
files/0004-meson-fix-library-name.patch
create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/
files/0005-Add-security-flags-to-LDFLAGS-for-Linux.patch
create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/
files/0006-Include-CPPFLAGS-for-devices.cpp-and-libnethogs.cpp.patch
create mode 100644 meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/
nethogs_git.bb <http://nethogs_git.bb>
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0001-meson-
cleanup-version-detection.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/
nethogs/files/0001-meson-cleanup-version-detection.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..797c79225d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0001-meson-cleanup-
version-detection.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+From 049fff5623720fcd0b4fdc92501b586addbb6b48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00
2001
+From: Sam James <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
+Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:03:12 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH 1/6] meson: cleanup version detection
+
+Tell Meson what version the project is, so that we set the right
versioning
+on libnethogs.
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/raboof/nethogs/
commit/049fff5623720fcd0b4fdc92501b586addbb6b48 <https://github.com/
raboof/nethogs/commit/049fff5623720fcd0b4fdc92501b586addbb6b48>]
+---
+ meson.build | 8 ++++----
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 81d7b59..16e61b4 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
+ project('nethogs',
+ ['c', 'cpp'],
+ default_options : ['warning_level=3',
+- 'cpp_std=c++14']
++ 'cpp_std=c++14'],
++ version : run_command('./
determineVersion.sh').stdout().strip(),
+ )
+
+ cc = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+-version = run_command('./determineVersion.sh', check:
true).stdout().strip()
+
+ #######################################
+ ## Dependencies and flags definition ##
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ projectinc = [include_directories('.', 'src')]
+
+ # flags
+ c_args = [
+- '-DVERSION="' + version + '"'
++ '-DVERSION="' + meson.project_version() + '"'
+ ]
+
+ # dependencies
+@@ -42,5 +42,5 @@ pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
+ pkgconfig_install_dir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'),
'pkgconfig')
+ pkgconfig.generate(libnethogs,
+ requires: ['libpcap'],
+- version: version
++ version: meson.project_version()
+ )
+--
+2.25.1
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0002-meson-
fix-build-with-libnethogs-disabled.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-
connectivity/nethogs/files/0002-meson-fix-build-with-libnethogs-
disabled.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9a7cf69d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0002-meson-fix-
build-with-libnethogs-disabled.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+From 5afce747f142f6df6a264ab368c99f47050d9984 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00
2001
+From: Sam James <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
+Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:05:20 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH 2/6] meson: fix build with libnethogs disabled
+
+Fix `meson.build:43:19: ERROR: Unknown variable "libnethogs".`.
+
+While src/ has this correct, the top-level meson.build wasn't right.
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/raboof/nethogs/
commit/5afce747f142f6df6a264ab368c99f47050d9984 <https://github.com/
raboof/nethogs/commit/5afce747f142f6df6a264ab368c99f47050d9984>]
+---
+ meson.build | 14 ++++++++------
+ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 16e61b4..8537718 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -38,9 +38,11 @@ subdir('src')
+ #############################
+ ## Pkgconfig definition ##
+ #############################
+-pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
+-pkgconfig_install_dir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'),
'pkgconfig')
+-pkgconfig.generate(libnethogs,
+- requires: ['libpcap'],
+- version: meson.project_version()
+- )
++if get_option('enable-libnethogs').enabled()
++ pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
++ pkgconfig_install_dir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'),
'pkgconfig')
++ pkgconfig.generate(libnethogs,
++ requires: ['libpcap'],
++ version: meson.project_version()
++ )
++endif
+--
+2.25.1
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0003-meson-
run-meson-format.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/
files/0003-meson-run-meson-format.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c92a9d835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0003-meson-run-
meson-format.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+From fcbde46b0082b4c571392ea9b6427f5e11941393 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00
2001
+From: Sam James <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
+Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 16:06:12 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH 3/6] meson: run `meson format`
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/raboof/nethogs/
commit/fcbde46b0082b4c571392ea9b6427f5e11941393 <https://github.com/
raboof/nethogs/commit/fcbde46b0082b4c571392ea9b6427f5e11941393>]
+---
+ meson.build | 34 +++++++++----------
+ src/meson.build | 87
++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
+ 2 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 67 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 8537718..eb9f16e 100644
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
+ # See COPYING for more information about licensing
+ #
+
+-project('nethogs',
+- ['c', 'cpp'],
+- default_options : ['warning_level=3',
+- 'cpp_std=c++14'],
+- version : run_command('./
determineVersion.sh').stdout().strip(),
+- )
++project(
++ 'nethogs',
++ ['c', 'cpp'],
++ default_options: ['warning_level=3', 'cpp_std=c++14'],
++ version: run_command('./determineVersion.sh').stdout().strip(),
++)
+
+ cc = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+
+@@ -18,17 +18,12 @@ cc = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+ projectinc = [include_directories('.', 'src')]
+
+ # flags
+-c_args = [
+- '-DVERSION="' + meson.project_version() + '"'
+-]
++c_args = ['-DVERSION="' + meson.project_version() + '"']
+
+ # dependencies
+ thread_dep = dependency('threads', required: true)
+ libpcap_dep = dependency('libpcap', required: true)
+-project_deps = [
+- thread_dep,
+- libpcap_dep
+-]
++project_deps = [thread_dep, libpcap_dep]
+
+ #############################
+ ## Code Compilation ##
+@@ -39,10 +34,11 @@ subdir('src')
+ ## Pkgconfig definition ##
+ #############################
+ if get_option('enable-libnethogs').enabled()
+- pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
+- pkgconfig_install_dir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'),
'pkgconfig')
+- pkgconfig.generate(libnethogs,
+- requires: ['libpcap'],
+- version: meson.project_version()
+- )
++ pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
++ pkgconfig_install_dir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'),
'pkgconfig')
++ pkgconfig.generate(
++ libnethogs,
++ requires: ['libpcap'],
++ version: meson.project_version(),
++ )
+ endif
+diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
+index 03f1b58..1329df4 100644
+--- a/src/meson.build
++++ b/src/meson.build
+@@ -3,65 +3,56 @@
+ #
+
+ sources = [
+- files([
+- 'connection.cpp',
+- 'conninode.cpp',
+- 'decpcap.c',
+- 'devices.cpp',
+- 'inode2prog.cpp',
+- 'packet.cpp',
+- 'process.cpp',
+- ])
++ files(
++ 'connection.cpp',
++ 'conninode.cpp',
++ 'decpcap.c',
++ 'devices.cpp',
++ 'inode2prog.cpp',
++ 'packet.cpp',
++ 'process.cpp',
++ ),
+ ]
+
+ # --- Executable Compilation ---
+
+ if get_option('enable-nethogs-app').enabled()
+- app_sources = [
+- files([
+- 'main.cpp',
+- 'cui.cpp',
+- ])
+- ]
+-
+- cursespp_dep = dependency('ncurses++', required: true)
+- curses_dep = dependency('ncurses', required: true)
+-
+- executable('nethogs',
+- [app_sources + sources],
+- include_directories: [projectinc],
+- cpp_args: c_args,
+- c_args: c_args,
+- install: true,
+- dependencies : [project_deps, cursespp_dep, curses_dep]
+- )
++ app_sources = [files('cui.cpp', 'main.cpp')]
++
++ cursespp_dep = dependency('ncurses++', required: true)
++ curses_dep = dependency('ncurses', required: true)
++
++ executable(
++ 'nethogs',
++ [app_sources + sources],
++ include_directories: [projectinc],
++ cpp_args: c_args,
++ c_args: c_args,
++ install: true,
++ dependencies: [project_deps, cursespp_dep, curses_dep],
++ )
+ endif
+
+ # --- Library Compilation ---
+
+ if get_option('enable-libnethogs').enabled()
+- lib_sources = [
+- files([
+- 'libnethogs.cpp',
+- ])
+- ]
++ lib_sources = [files('libnethogs.cpp')]
++
++ libnethogs = shared_library(
++ 'libnethogs' ,
++ sources + lib_sources,
++ cpp_args: c_args,
++ c_args: c_args,
++ install: true,
++ soversion: meson.project_version(),
++ include_directories: [projectinc],
++ dependencies: [project_deps],
++ )
+
+- libnethogs = shared_library('libnethogs' ,
+- sources + lib_sources,
+- cpp_args: c_args,
+- c_args: c_args,
+- install: true,
+- soversion: meson.project_version(),
+- include_directories: [projectinc],
+- dependencies: [project_deps]
+- )
+-
+- libnethogs_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: libnethogs)
++ libnethogs_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: libnethogs)
+
+- # --- Header Installation ---
++ # --- Header Installation ---
+
+- lib_headers = [
+- files('libnethogs.h'),
+- ]
+- install_headers(lib_headers, subdir : 'libnethogs')
++ lib_headers = [files('libnethogs.h')]
++ install_headers(lib_headers, subdir: 'libnethogs')
+ endif
+--
+2.25.1
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0004-meson-
fix-library-name.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/
files/0004-meson-fix-library-name.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc69a66748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0004-meson-fix-
library-name.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From ba25a64dcd35f4a58c4d397160e90560e9851c79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00
2001
+From: CAB233 <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
+Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 20:06:52 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH 4/6] meson: fix library name
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/raboof/nethogs/
commit/ba25a64dcd35f4a58c4d397160e90560e9851c79 <https://github.com/
raboof/nethogs/commit/ba25a64dcd35f4a58c4d397160e90560e9851c79>]
+---
+ src/meson.build | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
+index 1329df4..7f6dcba 100644
+--- a/src/meson.build
++++ b/src/meson.build
+@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if get_option('enable-libnethogs').enabled()
+ lib_sources = [files('libnethogs.cpp')]
+
+ libnethogs = shared_library(
+- 'libnethogs' ,
++ 'nethogs' ,
+ sources + lib_sources,
+ cpp_args: c_args,
+ c_args: c_args,
+--
+2.25.1
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0005-Add-
security-flags-to-LDFLAGS-for-Linux.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-
connectivity/nethogs/files/0005-Add-security-flags-to-LDFLAGS-for-
Linux.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..553b382a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0005-Add-security-
flags-to-LDFLAGS-for-Linux.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 42e7950db8e412160e3f1f74b6cbc7298714c587 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00
2001
+From: Matheus Polkorny <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
+Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:47:04 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Add security flags to LDFLAGS for Linux
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/raboof/nethogs/
commit/42e7950db8e412160e3f1f74b6cbc7298714c587 <https://github.com/
raboof/nethogs/commit/42e7950db8e412160e3f1f74b6cbc7298714c587>]
+---
+ src/MakeLib.mk | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/MakeLib.mk b/src/MakeLib.mk
+index 96ba694..1be0361 100644
+--- a/src/MakeLib.mk
++++ b/src/MakeLib.mk
+@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ all: $(LIBNAME) libnethogs.a
+
+ UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
+ ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
+- LDFLAGS:= -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SO_NAME)
++ LDFLAGS:= -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SO_NAME) -Wl,-z,now -Wl,-z,relro
+ else ifeq ($(UNAME_S),FreeBSD)
+ LDFLAGS:= -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SO_NAME)
+ else
+--
+2.25.1
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0006-
Include-CPPFLAGS-for-devices.cpp-and-libnethogs.cpp.patch b/meta-oe/
recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0006-Include-CPPFLAGS-for-
devices.cpp-and-libnethogs.cpp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..485d476c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/files/0006-Include-
CPPFLAGS-for-devices.cpp-and-libnethogs.cpp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From 1407f83485c31cd6f29614402bb2a3e912a3dd34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00
2001
+From: Matheus Polkorny <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
+Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:48:20 -0300
+Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Include $(CPPFLAGS) for devices.cpp and
libnethogs.cpp
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/raboof/nethogs/
commit/1407f83485c31cd6f29614402bb2a3e912a3dd34 <https://github.com/
raboof/nethogs/commit/1407f83485c31cd6f29614402bb2a3e912a3dd34>]
+---
+ src/MakeLib.mk | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/MakeLib.mk b/src/MakeLib.mk
+index 1be0361..513096e 100644
+--- a/src/MakeLib.mk
++++ b/src/MakeLib.mk
+@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@ $(ODIR)/conninode.o: conninode.cpp nethogs.h
conninode.h
+
+ $(ODIR)/devices.o: devices.cpp devices.h
+ @mkdir -p $(ODIR)
+- $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c devices.cpp
++ $(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c devices.cpp
+
+ $(ODIR)/libnethogs.o: libnethogs.cpp libnethogs.h
+ @mkdir -p $(ODIR)
+- $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c libnethogs.cpp -
DVERSION=\"$(LIBVERSION)\"
++ $(CXX) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c libnethogs.cpp -
DVERSION=\"$(LIBVERSION)\"
+
+ .PHONY: clean
+ clean:
+--
+2.25.1
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/nethogs_git.bb
<http://nethogs_git.bb> b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/
nethogs_git.bb <http://nethogs_git.bb>
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..816cd9c542
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-connectivity/nethogs/nethogs_git.bb <http://
nethogs_git.bb>
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+SUMMARY = "NetHogs is a small 'net top' tool that can group
bandwidth by process"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/raboof/nethogs <https://github.com/
raboof/nethogs>"
+SECTION = "console/network"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://
COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263 <file://
COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263>"
+
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/raboof/
nethogs.git;branch=main;protocol=https <http://github.com/raboof/
nethogs.git;branch=main;protocol=https> \
+ file://0001-meson-cleanup-version-detection.patch <file://0001-
meson-cleanup-version-detection.patch> \
+ file://0002-meson-fix-build-with-libnethogs-disabled.patch
<file://0002-meson-fix-build-with-libnethogs-disabled.patch> \
+ file://0003-meson-run-meson-format.patch <file://0003-meson-run-
meson-format.patch> \
+ file://0004-meson-fix-library-name.patch <file://0004-meson-fix-
library-name.patch> \
+ file://0005-Add-security-flags-to-LDFLAGS-for-Linux.patch
<file://0005-Add-security-flags-to-LDFLAGS-for-Linux.patch> \
+ file://0006-Include-CPPFLAGS-for-devices.cpp-and-
libnethogs.cpp.patch <file://0006-Include-CPPFLAGS-for-devices.cpp-
and-libnethogs.cpp.patch> \
+ "
+
+DEPENDS = "ncurses libpcap"
+
+inherit meson pkgconfig
+
+SRCREV = "632a78846eb3cc3259dc45c59a47fa9c293a2831"
+PV = "0.8.8+git"
-- 2.25.1
