On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 02:02:35PM -0400, Lawrence Teo wrote: > Since the libpcap in base is really old (last sync with upstream was > done with libpcap 0.9.4 in 2006), new programs that need libpcap >= 1.0 > cannot be easily ported to OpenBSD. > > net/snort is especially affected because the latest Snort 2.9.x from > upstream requires libpcap >= 1.0, and upstream no longer supports or > provides rules for older versions like Snort 2.8.6 that is currently in > ports.
If anyone is interested, I have updated my proof-of-concept Snort port to 2.9.2.3 on my libpcap update page: http://lteo.net/libpcap/ http://lteo.net/libpcap/snort.html
