Re: Update configure for libpcap

[Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net>]

On Jul 11, 2018, at 4:22 AM, Petr Vorel <pvorel () suse cz> wrote:

> Libpcap's configure script is outdated.
> Although I'd prefer remove configure from git and ask user to run autoconf
> manually (+ update travis and coverity to run it, of course), but maybe you have
> some reason for it (problematic autotools instalation on windows?),

We have CMake support, so, as far as I'm concerned, getting autotools to work on Windows is Somebody Else's Problem, 
and if Somebody Else cares about it, they can figure out how to make it work (without breaking it on UN*X!) and submit 
a pull request.

I would *personally* prefer that we not have generated configure files in Git and require that autoconf be run (or, if 
it needs to be run with particular arguments, supply an autopen.sh file and require that it be run); if anybody has an 
argument against it, let us know.  (You can't say "make releasetar" without having run configure, so you can't make a 
release tarball without having generated configure, so there's nothing special required to ensure that the configure 
file is provided in the release tarball.)
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