Guy Harris <ghar...@sonic.net> wrote:
> A while ago, tcpdump and its configuration script were modified -
> mainly by Bill Fenner, as I remember - so that it didn't require a
> contemporary version of libpcap, and could be built with older versions
> of libpcap.
For instance, I think, the FreeBSD that is JUNOS is an example of that.
I don't know if the libpcap is built in some special way to accomodate
Juniper hardware. Maybe. I don't think it's that old anymore.
> It also supports versions of libpcap that don't include pcap_create()
> and pcap_activate(); those first appeared in libpcap 1.0, which was
> released in 2008, almost 16 years ago.
> Is there any reason not to require libpcap 1.0 or later? If there is,
> is there any reason not to require libpcap 0.7 or later?
I think libpcap 1.0 or later is good.
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Michael Richardson <mcr+i...@sandelman.ca> . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting )
Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide
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