Re: [Ltib] upgrading tcpdump and libpcap

[Stuart Hughes]

Hi Robert,

Thanks for the information.  Is there any particular benefit in these
newer packages that you know of?

Regards, Stuart


On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 14:30 -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   the current versions in GPP appear to be:
> 
>   * libpcap-0.8.3
>   * tcpdump-3.8.3
> 
> i just tested a build with:
> 
>   * libpcap-0.9.8
>   * tcpdump-3.9.8
> 
> and those versions appear to build just fine, also without patches.
> 
>   however, trying to build with:
> 
>   * libpcap-1.0.0
>   * tcpdump-4.0.0
> 
> blew up badly.  if i have time later, i may look into that, unless
> someone else already has patches to make those versions work.
> 
>   in any event, upgrading to the *9.8 versions appears to be safe.
> 
> rday
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