Re: A few windows changes

["Eddie Bell" <ejlbell () gmail com>]

Your right, it doesn't compile with out them. I've upgraded the libs
and updated the instructions.

On 15/07/07, Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 06, 2007 at 12:50:26PM +0100, Eddie Bell wrote:
> > I've added a guide to mswin32/winpcap. The only puzzling aspect is the
> > mswin32/lib directory. It contains two files 'Packet.lib' and
> > 'Wpcap.lib' both of which don't seem to be used. Anyone know what they
> > are for?
>
> Hi Eddie.  I an pretty sure Nmap has to link to those for the WinPcap
> functions.  I think they then call the DLLs.  Try deleting them and
> Nmap should fail to compile on Windows.  But I think we have older
> versions when there may be newer ones available for the latest version
> of Winpcap.  Would you see if you can find these newer ones, test
> them, and check them in?  They are probably in a Winpcap developer's
> package.  Bad things may happen if we mismatch the LIBs and the DLLs.
>
> Cheers,
> Fyodor

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