From 20105cb9039ccebf1a925195050d1357b42df40b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fyodor Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:45:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 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. --- docs/nmap-install.xml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/nmap-install.xml b/docs/nmap-install.xml index 278b216d4..7b542b88d 100644 --- a/docs/nmap-install.xml +++ b/docs/nmap-install.xml @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ I would run ./configure --prefix=/home/fyodor -Nmap uses the Libpcap library 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 libpcap/NMAP_MODIFICATIONS 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 to configure. Nmap then expects the Libpcap library to be in directoryname/lib/libpcap.a and the include files to be in directoryname/include. Nmap will always use the version of Libpcap included in its tarball if you specify . +Nmap uses the Libpcap library 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 libpcap/NMAP_MODIFICATIONS in the Nmap source directory). If you wish to force Nmap to link with your own Libpcap, pass the option to configure. Nmap then expects the Libpcap library to be in directoryname/lib/libpcap.a and the include files to be in directoryname/include. Nmap will always use the version of Libpcap included in its tarball if you specify .