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Update libpcap to 1.9.0 (no patches applied yet)

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@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
.\" WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.\"
.TH PCAP_LOOP 3PCAP "18 October 2014"
.TH PCAP_LOOP 3PCAP "20 January 2017"
.SH NAME
pcap_loop, pcap_dispatch \- process packets from a live capture or savefile
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ reached when reading from a ``savefile'',
is called, or an error occurs.
It does
.B not
return when live read timeouts occur.
return when live packet buffer timeouts occur.
A value of \-1 or 0 for
.I cnt
is equivalent to infinity, so that packets are processed until another
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ value also passed to
.B pcap_loop()
or
.BR pcap_dispatch() .
.I http://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html
.I https://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes.html
lists the values
.B pcap_datalink()
can return and describes the packet formats that
@@ -166,18 +166,18 @@ terminated due to a call to
before any packets were processed.
It does
.B not
return when live read timeouts occur; instead, it attempts to read more
packets.
return when live packet buffer timeouts occur; instead, it attempts to
read more packets.
.PP
.B pcap_dispatch()
returns the number of packets processed on success; this can be 0 if no
packets were read from a live capture (if, for example, they were
discarded because they didn't pass the packet filter, or if, on
platforms that support a read timeout that starts before any packets
arrive, the timeout expires before any packets arrive, or if the file
descriptor for the capture device is in non-blocking mode and no packets
were available to be read) or if no more packets are available in a
``savefile.'' It returns \-1 if an error occurs or \-2 if the loop
platforms that support a packet buffer timeout that starts before any
packets arrive, the timeout expires before any packets arrive, or if the
file descriptor for the capture device is in non-blocking mode and no
packets were available to be read) or if no more packets are available
in a ``savefile.'' It returns \-1 if an error occurs or \-2 if the loop
terminated due to a call to
.B pcap_breakloop()
before any packets were processed.