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Removed the note that Nmap always useses its included libpcap in preference to system installed one on Linux. I did a quick scan of configure.ac and pcap_is_suitable in acinclude.m4 and I don't think that is still true.

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@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ I would run <command>./configure --prefix=<replaceable>/home/fyodor</replaceable
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<varlistentry><term><option>--with-libpcap=<replaceable>directoryname</replaceable></option></term>
<listitem><para>Nmap uses the <ulink url="http://www.tcpdump.org">Libpcap library</ulink> for capturing raw IP packets. Nmap normally looks for an existing copy of Libpcap on your system and uses that if the version number and platform is appropriate. Otherwise Nmap includes its own recent copy of Libpcap, which has been modified for improved Linux functionality. The specific changes are described in <filename>libpcap/NMAP_MODIFICATIONS</filename> in the Nmap source directory. Because of these Linux-related changes, Nmap always uses its own Libpcap by default on that platform. If you wish to force Nmap to link with your own Libpcap, pass the option <option>--with-libpcap=<replaceable>directoryname</replaceable></option> to <application>configure</application>. Nmap then expects the Libpcap library to be in <filename><replaceable>directoryname</replaceable>/lib/libpcap.a</filename> and the include files to be in <filename><replaceable>directoryname</replaceable>/include</filename>. Nmap will always use the version of Libpcap included in its tarball if you specify <option>--with-libpcap=included</option>.
<listitem><para>Nmap uses the <ulink url="http://www.tcpdump.org">Libpcap library</ulink> for capturing raw IP packets. Nmap normally looks for an existing copy of Libpcap on your system and uses that if the version number and platform is appropriate. Otherwise Nmap includes its own recent copy of Libpcap (with some local modifications described in <filename>libpcap/NMAP_MODIFICATIONS</filename> in the Nmap source directory). If you wish to force Nmap to link with your own Libpcap, pass the option <option>--with-libpcap=<replaceable>directoryname</replaceable></option> to <application>configure</application>. Nmap then expects the Libpcap library to be in <filename><replaceable>directoryname</replaceable>/lib/libpcap.a</filename> and the include files to be in <filename><replaceable>directoryname</replaceable>/include</filename>. Nmap will always use the version of Libpcap included in its tarball if you specify <option>--with-libpcap=included</option>.
</para></listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>--with-libpcre=<replaceable>directoryname</replaceable></option></term>