[Vde-users] [ vde-Bugs-2600817 ] Add a configure switch to disable pcap/pdump

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Bugs item #2600817, was opened at 2009-02-14 22:10
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>Status: Closed
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Wulf C. Krueger (philantrop)
>Assigned to: Luca Bigliardi (shammash)
Summary: Add a configure switch to disable pcap/pdump

Initial Comment:
Attached you'll find a patch for configure.ac to allow for disabling pcap.

Per default, libpcap will still be used if found but the switch allows for
disabling the libpcap-based functionality. Furthermore, this avoids the issue
of "automagic deps": As source-based distributions don't detach user and devel
packages, the build system might find more stuff than the user required, and
will try to link to all it knows about. This is the major cause of binary
linking breaking if the user ever removes an automagic dependency like libpcap
in this case. For more details, cf. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/qa/automagic.xml

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>Comment By: Luca Bigliardi (shammash)
Date: 2009-02-15 17:35

Message:
Hi,
I've updated configure.ac as in your patch with svn revision 349.
The change will be included in next vde release.

Thank you!

luca

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