[ELDK] pcap library and tcpdump in ELDK

[stefano babic]

Dave Rensberger wrote:
> Thanks... I was able to get the source tarball to build.   I was hoping
> that I could get the SRPM to work without modifying it, but it sounds
> like that may not work in this case.

Probably you do not really need. You can compile libpcap/tcpdump from
the source and build the rpm package only if you really require.

> As an aside, do you know why the "configure" script makes me put the
> name of the target after --host (this seems backward to me... my target
> is "ppc linux", while my host is "x86 linux").

You can take a look at the autoconf manual,
	http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/

host is the system where you are going to run the software, build is the
system where you compile.

> I find the "configure" scripts often make cross-compilation difficult...
> I've personally never seen much value in them, as it seems like they
> usually serve little purpose (other than making a build process more
> complicated than it needs to be).  I must be oblivious to some of their
> virtues, though, since they continue to be quite popular.  

The goal of the tool is to have the same sources and build them on
different posix platforms, such as linux, bsd, solaris and different
processors.

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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