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@@ -1,20 +1,22 @@ -@(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/README,v 1.30 2004/10/12 02:02:28 guy Exp $ (LBL) +@(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/README,v 1.30.4.3 2008-10-17 10:39:20 ken Exp $ (LBL) -LIBPCAP 0.9 -Now maintained by "The Tcpdump Group" -See www.tcpdump.org +LIBPCAP 1.0.0 -Please send inquiries/comments/reports to tcpdump-workers@tcpdump.org +www.tcpdump.org + +Please send inquiries/comments/reports to: + tcpdump-workers@lists.tcpdump.org Anonymous CVS is available via: cvs -d :pserver:tcpdump@cvs.tcpdump.org:/tcpdump/master login (password "anoncvs") cvs -d :pserver:tcpdump@cvs.tcpdump.org:/tcpdump/master checkout libpcap -Version 0.9 of LIBPCAP can be retrieved with the CVS tag "libpcap_0_9rel1": - cvs -d :pserver:tcpdump@cvs.tcpdump.org:/tcpdump/master checkout -r libpcap_0_9rel1 libpcap +Version 1.0.0 of LIBPCAP can be retrieved with the CVS tag "libpcap_1_0": + cvs -d :pserver:tcpdump@cvs.tcpdump.org:/tcpdump/master checkout -r libpcap_1_0 libpcap -Please send patches against the master copy to patches@tcpdump.org. +Please submit patches against the master copy to the libpcap project on +sourceforge.net. formerly from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Network Research Group <libpcap@ee.lbl.gov> @@ -30,8 +32,6 @@ require this functionality, we've created this system-independent API to ease in porting and to alleviate the need for several system-dependent packet capture modules in each application. -Note well: this interface is new and is likely to change. - For some platforms there are README.{system} files that discuss issues with the OS's interface for packet capture on those platforms, such as how to enable support for that interface in the OS, if it's not built in @@ -77,16 +77,28 @@ Linux, in the 2.2 kernel and later kernels, has a "Socket Filter" mechanism that accepts BPF filters; see the README.linux file for information on configuring that option. +Note to Linux distributions and *BSD systems that include libpcap: + +There's now a rule to make a shared library, which should work on Linux +and *BSD (and OS X). + +It sets the soname of the library to "libpcap.so.1"; this is what it +should be, *NOT* libpcap.so.1.0 or libpcap.so.1.0.0 or something such as +that. + +We've been maintaining binary compatibility between libpcap releases for +quite a while; there's no reason to tie a binary linked with libpcap to +a particular release of libpcap. + Problems, bugs, questions, desirable enhancements, etc. should be sent -to the address "tcpdump-workers@tcpdump.org". Bugs, support requests, -and feature requests may also be submitted on the SourceForge site for -libpcap at +to the address "tcpdump-workers@lists.tcpdump.org". Bugs, support +requests, and feature requests may also be submitted on the SourceForge +site for libpcap at http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpcap/ Source code contributions, etc. should be sent to the email address -"patches@tcpdump.org", or submitted as patches on the SourceForge site -for libpcap. +submitted as patches on the SourceForge site for libpcap. Current versions can be found at www.tcpdump.org, or the SourceForge site for libpcap. |