Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] Get shared libpcap

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From: Carsten Zerbst <zerbst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 09:40:23 +0200
Gau Harris wrote:
> If you're building Ethereal from source, it shouldn't
> require a shared
> "libpcap" library.
> 

If I start ./configure on Linux, I get 

checking for pcap.h... yes
checking for pcap_open_offline in -lpcap... yes < This requires a shared
version.

I finaly took the apropriate parts from the Tcl Makefile to compile a
shared libpcap. Perhaps a patch to the Makefile should find it's way to
the homepage?

Bye, Carsten

PS: Is there a posibility to sniff packets which use the loopback
interface only, because client and server are running on the same
machine?