Re: tcpdump 3.9.8 / libpcap 0.9.8 releases

["Guy Harris" <guy () alum mit edu>]

Gianluca Varenni wrote:
> After a quick compilation test, libpcap compiles ok (albeit with some new
> warnings popping out from VC6).
>
> tcpdump (0.9.x branch) has some problems, instead:
>
> - print-rsvp.c doesn't compile as it's not strictly C

I've checked in a fix (0.9 and main branch).

> - print-icmp.c
>
> -----
> struct icmp_mpls_ext_common_header_t {
> };
> -----
> This 0-length structure doesn't seem to be used at all and VC6 doesn't
> like
> 0-length structures. Ok to completely remove the structure definition?

Yes - I removed the version you commented out, and propagated that to the
main branch.

> -print-pflog.c: this file does not compile at all because HAVE_NET_PFVAR_H
> is not available under windows. I can probably easily fix it by taking the
> needed files from BSD, but it make take a couple hours to do that.

The only platforms on which print-pflog.c should be compiled are the ones
that have the PF packet filter; Windows isn't one of them, so that
shouldn't be compiled at all on Windows.

> Can we delay the release of 0.9.8/3.9.8 until tomorrow?

Yes - I'd like to at least try to get some of the other stuff people have
asked about checked in as well.

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