Re: Compiling with or without extcap

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

For what it's worth, libpcap 1.8 and later don't require that a local interface be openable before listing it in 
pcap_findalldevs(), so, whilst you might still need dumpcap to *capture* packets, it should be possible to *enumerate* 
interfaces directly within Wireshark/TShark with libpcap 1.8 and later, as you shouldn't need elevated privileges to 
enumerate interfaces.  This might speed up the process.
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