Note that libpcap links with libnl by default - and that this shouldn't
break binary compatibility, so that's not a reason to disable that.
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file linux/Documentation/networking/filter.txt for more information.
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file linux/Documentation/networking/filter.txt for more information.
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If unsure, say N.
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If unsure, say N.
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Note that, by default, libpcap will, if libnl is present, build with it;
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it uses libnl to support monitor mode on mac80211 devices. There is a
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configuration option to disable building with libnl, but, if that option
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is chosen, the monitor-mode APIs (as used by tcpdump's "-I" flag, and as
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will probably be used by other applications in the future) won't work
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properly on mac80211 devices.
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Linux's run-time linker allows shared libraries to be linked with other
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shared libraries, which means that if an older version of a shared
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library doesn't require routines from some other shared library, and a
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later version of the shared library does require those routines, the
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later version of the shared library can be linked with that other shared
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library and, if it's otherwise binary-compatible with the older version,
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can replace that older version without breaking applications built with
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the older version, and without breaking configure scripts or the build
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procedure for applications whose configure script doesn't use the
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pcap-config script if they build with the shared library. (The build
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procedure for applications whose configure scripts use the pcap-config
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script if present will not break even if they build with the static
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library.)
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Statistics:
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Statistics:
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Statistics reported by pcap are platform specific. The statistics
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Statistics reported by pcap are platform specific. The statistics
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