To: ctd@ecmwf.co.uk (Didier Garcon)
Reply-To: libpcap@ee.lbl.gov
Cc: libpcap@ee.lbl.gov
Subject: Re: Where is bufmod.h on IRIX 5.2
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 94 18:13:46 PDT
From: Craig Leres <leres>


> I am know trying to build libpcap-0.0 on a SGI challenge running IRIX 5.2 and
> get the following message when I run ./configure:

The problem is that IRIX has sys/dlpi.h but doesn't support the dlpi
interface. Apply the appended patch to libpcap/configure and rerun
configure. You should end up using snoop under IRIX.

		Craig
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*** configure.virgin	Tue Oct 18 18:11:02 1994
--- configure	Tue Oct 18 18:11:10 1994
***************
*** 17,26 ****
  	set pcap=snit
  else if ( -f /usr/include/sys/net/nit.h ) then
  	set pcap=nit
  else if ( -f /usr/include/sys/dlpi.h ) then
  	set pcap=dlpi
- else if ( -f /usr/include/net/raw.h ) then
- 	set pcap=snoop
  else
  	echo "configure: cannot determine packet capture interface"
  	exit 1
--- 17,26 ----
  	set pcap=snit
  else if ( -f /usr/include/sys/net/nit.h ) then
  	set pcap=nit
+ else if ( -f /usr/include/net/raw.h ) then
+ 	set pcap=snoop		# must test for snoop before dlpi due to IRIX
  else if ( -f /usr/include/sys/dlpi.h ) then
  	set pcap=dlpi
  else
  	echo "configure: cannot determine packet capture interface"
  	exit 1