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diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 0c425681a4..d6726b016b 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -419,9 +419,57 @@ and did you also install that package?]]))
else
AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
fi
- AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pcap_findalldevs pcap_lib_version pcap_open_dead)
- AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pcap_datalink_val_to_name pcap_datalink_name_to_val)
- AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pcap_list_datalinks pcap_set_datalink)
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pcap_open_dead)
+ #
+ # Later versions of Mac OS X 10.3[.x] ship a pcap.h that
+ # doesn't define pcap_if_t but ship an 0.8[.x] libpcap,
+ # so the library has "pcap_findalldevs()", but pcap.h
+ # doesn't define "pcap_if_t" so you can't actually *use*
+ # "pcap_findalldevs()".
+ #
+ # That even appears to be true of systems shipped with
+ # 10.3.4, so it doesn't appear only to be a case of
+ # Software Update not updating header files.
+ #
+ # (You can work around this by installing the 0.8 header
+ # files.)
+ #
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether pcap_findalldevs is present and usable],
+ [ac_cv_func_pcap_findalldevs],
+ [
+ AC_LINK_IFELSE(
+ [
+ AC_LANG_SOURCE(
+ [[
+ #include <pcap.h>
+ main()
+ {
+ pcap_if_t *devpointer;
+ char errbuf[1];
+
+ pcap_findalldevs(&devpointer, errbuf);
+ }
+ ]])
+ ],
+ [
+ ac_cv_func_pcap_findalldevs=yes
+ ],
+ [
+ ac_cv_func_pcap_findalldevs=no
+ ])
+ ])
+ #
+ # Don't check for other new routines that showed up after
+ # "pcap_findalldevs()" if we don't have a usable
+ # "pcap_findalldevs()", so we don't end up using them if the
+ # "pcap.h" is crufty and old and doesn't declare them.
+ #
+ if test $ac_cv_func_pcap_findalldevs = "yes" ; then
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_PCAP_FINDALLDEVS, 1,
+ [Define to 1 if you have the `pcap_findalldevs' function and a pcap.h that declares pcap_if_t.'])
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pcap_datalink_val_to_name pcap_datalink_name_to_val)
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(pcap_list_datalinks pcap_set_datalink pcap_lib_version)
+ fi
LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
])