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In addition to telling people not to change the format of the savefile 

header without getting a new magic number from us, tell them not to
change the interpretation of any fields in the header without getting a
new magic number from us.
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guy 2000-10-12 04:16:52 +00:00
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@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
* OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
* SUCH DAMAGE.
*
* @(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/pcap.h,v 1.28 2000-10-12 03:54:01 guy Exp $ (LBL)
* @(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/pcap.h,v 1.29 2000-10-12 04:16:52 guy Exp $ (LBL)
*/
#ifndef lib_pcap_h
@ -70,11 +70,18 @@ typedef struct pcap_dumper pcap_dumper_t;
* Many fields here are 32 bit ints so compilers won't insert unwanted
* padding; these files need to be interchangeable across architectures.
*
* Do not change the format of this structure, in any way (this includes
* Do not change the layout of this structure, in any way (this includes
* changes that only affect the length of fields in this structure).
*
* Also, do not change the interpretation of any of the members of this
* structure, in any way (this includes using values other than
* LINKTYPE_ values, as defined in "savefile.c", in the "linktype"
* field).
*
* Instead:
*
* introduce a new structure for the new format;
* introduce a new structure for the new format, if the layout
* of the structure changed;
*
* send mail to "tcpdump-workers@tcpdump.org", requesting a new
* magic number for your new capture file format, and, when