Why is building with libpcap optional?

[Joerg Mayer <jmayer () loplof de>]

Hello,

I tried to recall why building with libpcap is optional and failed. libpcap usage
is deeply embedded into Wireshark and the resulting #ifdef/#ifndef HAVE_LIBPCAP
shows: grep -r -E '#\s*if.*HAVE_LIBPCAP' . | wc -l
     288
I'd really like to get rid of that and the "simplest" solution would be to require
libpcap to be installed. I have some fallback ideas but would really like to use as
simple a solution as possible.

Thanks!
   Jörg
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Joerg Mayer                                           <jmayer () loplof de>
We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that
works. Some say that should read Microsoft instead of technology.
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