VPN's on PowerPC

[EnriqueG]

Hi, EnriqueG

You log is very limited, but you are building on darwin 8 (OSX Tiger) with GCC 4 , please try to build it with a updated version of libtool.

add:

depends_on "libtool"

into that formula.
just as new entry, right under the present

depends_on "stoken" => :optional

If it still fails, try building it with a more current compiler like gcc6.

And if even this dont work out, I might be able to create a patch for tiger. But for that I would need a build log with more debug output in it.


We did just test this on darwin 9 (OSX Leopard) sorry But you can test it on tiger, thats awesome

I installed gcc7.3 (i ran brew install gcc) and the error is the same i think.

==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/openconnect/8.02 --sbindir=/usr/local
==> make install
Last 15 lines from /Users/enrique/Library/Logs/Homebrew/openconnect/02.make:
  CC       libopenconnect_la-oath.lo
  CC       libopenconnect_la-gpst.lo
  CC       libopenconnect_la-auth-globalprotect.lo
  CC       libopenconnect_la-yubikey.lo
  CC       libopenconnect_la-gssapi.lo
  CC       libopenconnect_la-gnutls.lo
  CC       libopenconnect_la-gnutls_tpm.lo
  CC       libopenconnect_la-gnutls_tpm2.lo
  CC       libopenconnect_la-iconv.lo
  CC       libopenconnect_la-tun.lo
  CCLD     libopenconnect.la
ld: Undefined symbols:
_gzdirect
/usr/libexec/gcc/powerpc-apple-darwin8/4.0.1/libtool: internal link edit command failed
make: *** [libopenconnect.la] Error 1

READ THIS: https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew/wiki/troubleshooting

These open issues may also help:
openconnect failed to build on 10.5 https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew/issues/584
openconnect: add libxml2 dependency to resolve build issue on older OSX https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew/pull/628

 

[barracuda156]

Anyone else use a VPN on PowerPC? Until today I only used it on my Intel Macs, and with a universal OpenVPN client named Tunnelblick. It runs on 10.4 to 10.10, but they also have newer versions for more current Mac OS.

Get it here - https://tunnelblick.net/downloadsDeprecated.html

Most VPN services have their own client, and these all need Intel Macs, but they all completely support OpenVPN clients also. All I had to do was create an OpenVPN 2.3 config file, which is a tool offered on my account page for my VPN service.

I have also switched my Intel Macs over to the newest version of Tunnelblick. It's lighter than my VPN's own client, and doesn't have the Ruby crashing issues.

My VPN in action on my PowerBook G4 12"

Yeah, I use TunnelBlick on 10.6 PPC with account from Windscribe, works as it should.

 

[barracuda156]

I installed gcc7.3 (i ran brew install gcc) and the error is the same i think.

Macports has gcc7 @7.5.0 which builds and works on Tiger with no manual trickery.

 

[pc297]

Can OpenConnect and TunnelBlick use p12 certificates like AnyConnect does? Shame that version 2.5 (ppc) isn't supported by most VPN installations

 

[barracuda156]

Can OpenConnect and TunnelBlick use p12 certificates like AnyConnect does? Shame that version 2.5 (ppc) isn't supported by most VPN installations

Why don’t you try? TunnelBlick provide pre-built app, OpenConnect builds from source.

 

[pc297]

Why don’t you try? TunnelBlick provide pre-built app, OpenConnect builds from source.

Update: it does, thanks!

 

[barracuda156]

Update: it does, thanks!

For the record, which did you use?

 

[pc297]

For the record, which did you use?

openconnect from your own macports fork, thanks a lot

 

[barracuda156]

openconnect from your own macports fork, thanks a lot

BTW I have fixed Qt4 GUI for it in a follow-up: https://github.com/macos-powerpc/po...0c0c7899b0bf4fc4159048ee9/net/openconnect-gui
It is pretty basic, but interface looks functional. (I did not test beyond confirming that it launches and menus can be operated normally.)