On Mon, 2007-01-29 at 12:32 -0500, Gentoo-Wally wrote: Hm,
just give these instructions a try: http://bjou.homeunix.net/blog/2006/12/advanced-packet-capturing-howto- pf_ring-napi-and-extended-libpcap-on-debian-sarge/ Worked for me. -Michael > Hi, > > I see in PF_RING/userland/libpcap-0.9.4-ring/README it states ... > > <quote> > Make sure that when you build the libpcap library, you modify the > libpcap Makefile as follows: > 1. Add "-I ../libpfring" to the INCLS variable > 2. Add "-l ../libpfring/libpfring.a" to the LIBS variable > </quote> > > In 1 that's a capital "eye" and in 2 it is a lowercase "L" > > This works for the INCLS var because I see the -I during 'make' for > libpcap-0.9.4 > ... > gcc -O2 -I. -I../libpfring -DHAVE_CONFIG_H > -D_U_="__attribute__((unused))" -c ./pcap.c > gcc -O2 -I. -I../libpfring -DHAVE_CONFIG_H > -D_U_="__attribute__((unused))" -c ./inet.c > gcc -O2 -I. -I../libpfring -DHAVE_CONFIG_H > -D_U_="__attribute__((unused))" -c ./gencode.c > ... > > but the change to LIBS var produces the following error at the end of > 'make'... > > c -O2 -I. -I../libpfring -DHAVE_CONFIG_H > -D_U_="__attribute__((unused))" -c version.c > ar rc libpcap.a pcap-linux.o fad-getad.o pcap.o inet.o gencode.o > optimize.o nametoaddr.o etherent.o savefile.o bpf_filter.o bpf_image.o > bpf_dump.o scanner.o grammar.o version.o -l../libpfring/libpfring.a > ar: -l../libpfring/libpfring.a: No such file or directory > make: *** [libpcap.a] Error 1 > > It does work if I remove the "-l" changing the LIBS var to > "../libpfring/libpfring.a" > > gcc -O2 -I. -I../libpfring -DHAVE_CONFIG_H > -D_U_="__attribute__((unused))" -Dyylval=pcap_lval -c grammar.c > sed -e 's/.*/char pcap_version[] = "&";/' ./VERSION > version.c > gcc -O2 -I. -I../libpfring -DHAVE_CONFIG_H > -D_U_="__attribute__((unused))" -c version.c > ar rc libpcap.a pcap-linux.o fad-getad.o pcap.o inet.o gencode.o > optimize.o nametoaddr.o etherent.o savefile.o bpf_filter.o bpf_image.o > bpf_dump.o scanner.o grammar.o version.o ../libpfring/libpfring.a > ranlib libpcap.a > > I could be wrong, but I don't think this is the correct usage. > > As a test I followed the directions at > http://wiki.ntop.org/mediawiki/index.php/Installing_on_Fedora_Core_4_%28FC4%29 > > When doing the install this way I notice that libpfring.a is not > included in the 'ar rc' at the end of 'make'. > > I'm not a programming guru so I'm not sure if I should see libpfring.a > included during the 'ar rc' or not? > If not... is changing the LIBS var during a 'make' for libpcap really > needed since the only place the LIBS var is used in the Makefile is > when 'ar rc' is done here... > > <quote> > > libpcap.a: $(OBJ) > @rm -f $@ > ar rc $@ $(OBJ) $(LIBS) > $(RANLIB) $@ > > </quote> > > Also shouldn't it state that these changes should be made to > Makefile.in instead of Makefile? > > Thx for the --help, > > Wally > _______________________________________________ > Ntop-misc mailing list > [email protected] > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc _______________________________________________ Ntop-misc mailing list [email protected] http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop-misc
