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diff --git a/README.macos b/README.macos index 0c069b8c10..4339b692e1 100644 --- a/README.macos +++ b/README.macos @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README.macos,v 1.3 2004/03/21 19:04:44 jmayer Exp $ +$Id: README.macos,v 1.4 2004/03/21 22:55:59 guy Exp $ This file tries to help building Ethereal for Mac OS X (Ethereal does not work on earlier versions of Mac OS). @@ -28,11 +28,20 @@ following: pcap-util.c: In function `get_interface_list_findalldevs': pcap-util.c:195: error: `pcap_if_t' undeclared (first use in this function) -On first sight, it seems that Mac OS X 10.3.2 ships with a weird version of -libpcap that includes pcap_findalldevs, but no definition for pcap_if_t. -As it turns out, this isn't true. 10.3.2 ships with an 0.6[.x]-derived -libpcap that doesn't include "pcap_findalldevs()". The problem is caused -by a Security Update - it updates the libpcap dylib to 0.8.1, but doesn't +On first sight, it would appear that Mac OS X 10.x ships with a weird +version of libpcap that includes pcap_findalldevs, but no definition for +pcap_if_t. + +As it turns out, this isn't true for Mac OS X 10.3 through 10.3.2; they +ships with an 0.6[.x]-derived libpcap that doesn't include +"pcap_findalldevs()". The problem in those releases is caused by a +Security Update - it updates the libpcap dylib to 0.8.1, but doesn't update the header files (or the man page - and also doesn't update the -tcpdump man page to 3.8.1). As a workaround, install pcap.h, pcap-bpf.h -and pcap-stdinc.h from libpcap 0.8.1 in "/usr/include". +tcpdump man page to 3.8.1). + +In addition, the Software Update to 10.3.3 and later will update the +libpcap dylib but not the header files. If systems come pre-installed +with 10.3.3, they might have the correct header files (and man pages). + +As a workaround, install pcap.h, pcap-bpf.h and pcap-stdinc.h from +tcpdump.org's libpcap 0.8.1 in "/usr/include". |