1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/checkAPIs.pl b/tools/checkAPIs.pl
index 163347b423..22b9da4b13 100755
--- a/tools/checkAPIs.pl
+++ b/tools/checkAPIs.pl
@@ -1557,6 +1557,19 @@ sub check_included_files($$)
                 }
         }
 
+        # only our wrapper file wsutils/wspcap.h may include pcap.h
+        # all other files should include the wrapper
+        if ($filename !~ /wspcap\.h/) {
+                foreach (@incFiles) {
+                        if ( m#([<"]|/+)pcap\.h[>"]$# ) {
+                                print STDERR "Warning: ".$filename.
+                                        " includes pcap.h directly. ".
+                                        "Include wsutil/wspcap.h instead.\n";
+                                last;
+                        }
+                }
+        }
+
         # files in the ui/qt directory should include the ui class includes
         # by using #include <>
         # this ensures that Visual Studio picks up these files from the