Thnx Brian for your intelligent answer to my less intelligent question. I think its a common mistake to not understand that cygwin isnt a linux-system. At least I know better now.
Sincerly Kristoffer Nordström --- On Thu 05/27, Brian Dessent < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: Brian Dessent [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 08:03:25 -0700 Subject: Re: IPtraf for cygwin? Kristoffer wrote:<br><br>> As far as I can conclude the IPTraf package isnt ported to cygwin.<br><br>Correct.<br><br>> Therefore ive conclude that i have to port it in the following way<br>> <br>> using cygbuild.<br>> <br>> 1. unpack the source (is the binary enought) and recompile it.<br>> <br>> 2. Install it in some library.<br>> <br>> 3. Use cygbuild to compress it to a cygwin-package.<br>> <br>> Is this right? Is it possible to use IPtraf on cygwin.<br>> <br>> Im new to cygwin but am deifnatly up for the challenge.<br>> <br>> Comments and answers are much welcome.<br><br>From the README of IPtraf:<br><br>SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS<br>-------------------<br><br>IPTraf 2 requires Linux 2.2. It now uses the new PF_PACKET socket<br>family<br>as its capture mechanism. This feature is new to the 2.2 kernel. <br>IPTraf<br>1.4 will still work with kernel 2.2 with no problems, except for a<br>warning<br>message in the syslog indicating the use of the obsolete (AF_INET,<br>SOCK_PACKET) mechanism. The warning can be safely ignored. Make sure<br>you<br>have the Packet Socket driver compiled in or installed as a module, or<br>IPTraf will fail (and so will others like it: tcpdump, netwatch, etc).<br><br>IPTraf also requires glibc 2.1 or later.<br><br><br>In other words, forget it. Cygwin is not Linux. It implements a POSIX<br>compatibility layer, which in no way includes emulation of the Linux<br>kernel's internals. Any software that depends on particular features of<br>the Linux kernel will never be easily ported to Cygwin or just about any<br>other POSIX OS for that matter.<br><br>Brian<br><br>--<br>Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple<br>Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html<br>Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html<br>FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/<br><br> _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
