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

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:45:47 -0700 (PDT)
> checking for pcap_open_offline in -lpcap... yes < This requires a shared
> version.

Why does it require a shared version?