Compiling libdnet on Ubuntu 9.10 fails. First failure was the same as post problems with libdnet module with file dnet.h not found. I made the recommended changes to Libdnet.xs and Makefile.PL. I did the perl Makefile.PL and the make which failed with the following errors.

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 make
cc -c  -I/usr/include -D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -DDEBIAN -fno-strict-
+aliasing -pipe -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSE
+T_BITS=64 -O2 -g   -DVERSION=\"0.92\" -DXS_VERSION=\"0.92\" -fPIC "-I
+/usr/lib/perl/5.10/CORE"   Libdnet.c
Libdnet.xs:46: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’
+ before ‘TunHandle’
Libdnet.c: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_dnet_tun_open’:
Libdnet.c:1963: error: ‘TunHandle’ undeclared (first use in this funct
+ion)
Libdnet.c:1963: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only on
+ce
Libdnet.c:1963: error: for each function it appears in.)
Libdnet.c:1963: error: ‘RETVAL’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.c: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_dnet_tun_fileno’:
Libdnet.c:1994: error: ‘TunHandle’ undeclared (first use in this funct
+ion)
Libdnet.c:1994: error: ‘handle’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.c:2000: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
Libdnet.c: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_dnet_tun_name’:
Libdnet.c:2028: error: ‘TunHandle’ undeclared (first use in this funct
+ion)
Libdnet.c:2028: error: ‘handle’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.c:2034: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
Libdnet.xs:1208: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer withou
+t a cast
Libdnet.c: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_dnet_tun_send’:
Libdnet.c:2062: error: ‘TunHandle’ undeclared (first use in this funct
+ion)
Libdnet.c:2062: error: ‘handle’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.c:2070: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
Libdnet.c: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_dnet_tun_recv’:
Libdnet.c:2098: error: ‘TunHandle’ undeclared (first use in this funct
+ion)
Libdnet.c:2098: error: ‘handle’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.c:2108: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
Libdnet.c: In function ‘XS_Net__Libdnet_dnet_tun_close’:
Libdnet.c:2142: error: ‘TunHandle’ undeclared (first use in this funct
+ion)
Libdnet.c:2142: error: ‘handle’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.c:2143: error: ‘RETVAL’ undeclared (first use in this function
+)
Libdnet.c:2147: error: expected expression before ‘)’ token
make: *** [Libdnet.o] Error 1

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