compile syslog 4.7 on rhel 7 or 8

On rhel 8
==========

mkdir /build
cd /build
VER="syslog-ng-4.7.1"
export PREFIX="/usr/local/$VER"

dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
dnf --enablerepo=codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms install -y $(echo "
bison make gcc gcc-c++ flex
cyrus-sasl-devel
glib2-devel
hiredis-devel
java-devel
json-c-devel
libcap-devel
libcurl-devel
libdbi-devel
libesmtp-devel
libmaxminddb-devel
libnet-devel
librabbitmq-devel
librdkafka-devel
libtool
libuuid-devel
libxslt
mongo-c-driver-devel
net-snmp-devel
openssl-devel
paho-c-devel
pcre2-devel
python3.11-devel python3.11-pip python3.11-setuptools
riemann-c-client-devel
systemd-devel
tzdata-java
zlib-devel
")

curl -L -O https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/releases/download/$VER/$VER.tar.gz
tar -zxvf $VER.tar.gz
cd $VER

./configure \
    --prefix=$PREFIX \
    --with-ivykis=internal \
    --disable-tcp-wrapper \
    --enable-cloud-auth \
    --with-python-packages=none \
    --with-embedded-crypto \
    --enable-ipv6 \
    --enable-spoof-source \
    --with-linux-caps=auto \
    --enable-json \
    --enable-ssl \
    --enable-pacct \
    --enable-smtp \
    --enable-shared \
    --disable-static \
    --enable-dynamic-linking \
    --enable-python \
    --enable-cpp \
    --disable-java-modules \
    --with-python=3.11 \
    --enable-mqtt \
    --enable-afsnmp \
    --enable-java \
    --enable-geoip2 \
    --enable-sql \
    --enable-mongodb \
    --enable-amqp \
    --enable-redis \
    --enable-riemann
    
make -j4 
make install
cd /usr/local
tar -zcvf ../$VER.el7.tgz $VER

# On rhel 7 
# stripped down version removing all fancy options that require never libraries/compilers than are available in rhel7
# requires libnet as a runtime dependency

yum --enablerepo=rhel-7-server-optional-rpms install -y bison make gcc gcc-c++ flex cyrus-sasl-devel glib2-devel libcap-devel libcurl-devel libnet-devel libtool libuuid-devel libxslt openssl-devel pcre2-devel systemd-devel zlib-devel git 

VER="syslog-ng-4.7.1"
export PREFIX="/usr/local/$VER"

# Require json-c newer than available in rhel7
mkdir -p /build
cd /build
git clone -b json-c-0.13.1-20180305 https://github.com/json-c/json-c.git

cd json-c/
./configure --prefix=$PREFIX
make -j4 
make install

cd /build

curl -L -O https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/releases/download/$VER/$VER.tar.gz
tar -zxvf $VER.tar.gz
cd $VER

export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig

./configure  \
   --prefix=$PREFIX \
   --with-ivykis=internal \
   --disable-tcp-wrapper \
   --disable-cloud-auth \
   --with-python-packages=none \
   --with-embedded-crypto \
   --enable-ipv6 \
   --enable-spoof-source \
   --with-linux-caps=auto \
   --enable-json \
   --enable-ssl \
   --disable-pacct \
   --disable-smtp \
   --enable-shared \
   --disable-static \
   --enable-dynamic-linking \
   --disable-python \
   --enable-cpp \
   --disable-java-modules \
   --disable-mqtt \
   --disable-afsnmp \
   --disable-java \
   --disable-geoip2 \
   --disable-sql \
   --disable-mongodb \
   --disable-amqp \
   --disable-redis \
   --disable-riemann

make -j4 
make install
cd /usr/local
tar -zcvf ../$VER.el7.tgz $VER