This patch seems to have fallen off the radar. Is it sound for inclusion?
On Mon, Jun 07, 2004 at 05:16:29AM -0700, Noah Misch wrote:
> This patch allows the Unix build process to find libpcap as -lwpcap, the name it
> takes when in the form of WinPcap. This lets one build on Cygwin with a simple
> --with-pcap=/cygdrive/c/ethereal-win32-libs/wpdpack, assuming one has set up the
> libraries directory for a VC++ build.
>
> I tested on Windows 2000 with a very recent Cygwin and the WinPcap developer
> pack that win32-setup.sh downloads. I also tested on Fedora Core 1. I lack
> access to an AIX(?) machine on which to test the -lcfg -lodm logic, however.
>
> Index: acinclude.m4
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/ethereal/acinclude.m4,v
> retrieving revision 1.76
> diff -u -r1.76 acinclude.m4
> --- acinclude.m4 18 May 2004 11:11:37 -0000 1.76
> +++ acinclude.m4 5 Jun 2004 04:04:06 -0000
> @@ -322,15 +322,16 @@
> and did you also install that package?]]))
>
> #
> - # Check to see if we find "pcap_open_live" in "-lpcap".
> + # Look for a libpcap implementation.
> #
> - AC_CHECK_LIB(pcap, pcap_open_live,
> + ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
> + LIBS=""
> + AC_SEARCH_LIBS(pcap_open_live, [pcap wpcap],
> [
> - PCAP_LIBS=-lpcap
> + PCAP_LIBS="$LIBS"
> AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBPCAP, 1, [Define to use libpcap library])
> ], [
> AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pcap_open_live in -lpcap -lcfg -lodm])
> - ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
> LIBS="-lpcap -lcfg -lodm"
> AC_TRY_LINK(
> [
> @@ -348,8 +349,8 @@
> AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
> AC_MSG_ERROR([Library libpcap not found.])
> ])
> - LIBS=$ac_save_LIBS
> ], $SOCKET_LIBS $NSL_LIBS)
> + LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
> AC_SUBST(PCAP_LIBS)
>
> #
