Re: [tcpdump-workers] pcap_next_ex() vs pcap_loop()

2010-03-05 Thread Guy Harris
On Mar 5, 2010, at 3:56 AM, Selçuk Cevher wrote: > As far as I know, in general, pcap_loop() function of libpcap library is > preferred over pcap_next_ex() function in both live and offline capture. > > Is it related to some kind of fact that pcap_loop() is more > robust/reliable/efficient ? It

Re: [tcpdump-workers] make releasetar on libpcap

2010-03-05 Thread Tyson Key
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Michael Richardson wrote: > > > "Guy" == Guy Harris writes: >Guy> The Makefile has a rule to "generate" it, so I'd see that as >Guy> OK. (It also means that "make clean" would remove the symlink, >Guy> which is arguably the right thing for it to d

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Release schedule?

2010-03-05 Thread Guy Harris
On Mar 5, 2010, at 9:42 AM, Ken Bantoft wrote: > > On 2010-03-03, at 11:55 PM, Darren Reed wrote: > >> On 19/02/10 10:56 AM, Michael Richardson wrote: >>> "Darren" == Darren Reed writes: >>>Darren> Is there a target date for the delivery of tcpdump 4.1 and >>>Darre

Re: [tcpdump-workers] make releasetar on libpcap

2010-03-05 Thread Michael Richardson
> "Guy" == Guy Harris writes: Guy> The Makefile has a rule to "generate" it, so I'd see that as Guy> OK. (It also means that "make clean" would remove the symlink, Guy> which is arguably the right thing for it to do.) >> The other way is to make releasetar: depend upon bpf_f

Re: [tcpdump-workers] make releasetar on libpcap

2010-03-05 Thread Guy Harris
On Mar 5, 2010, at 8:48 AM, Michael Richardson wrote: > Does anyone see a problem if I move bpf_filter.c from CSRC > to GENSRC in the libpcap Makefile? The Makefile has a rule to "generate" it, so I'd see that as OK. (It also means that "make clean" would remove the symlink, which is arguably

[tcpdump-workers] make releasetar on libpcap

2010-03-05 Thread Michael Richardson
Does anyone see a problem if I move bpf_filter.c from CSRC to GENSRC in the libpcap Makefile? The other way is to make releasetar: depend upon bpf_filter.c, so that the symlink is shipped, but I think we shouldn't ship the symlink. -- ] He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life!

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Release schedule?

2010-03-05 Thread Ken Bantoft
On 2010-03-03, at 11:55 PM, Darren Reed wrote: > On 19/02/10 10:56 AM, Michael Richardson wrote: >> >>> "Darren" == Darren Reed writes: >>> >> Darren> Is there a target date for the delivery of tcpdump 4.1 and >> Darren> libpcap 1.1? >> >> Ken is working on it

[tcpdump-workers] pcap_next_ex() vs pcap_loop()

2010-03-05 Thread Selçuk Cevher
Hi All, As far as I know, in general, pcap_loop() function of libpcap library is preferred over pcap_next_ex() function in both live and offline capture. Is it related to some kind of fact that pcap_loop() is more robust/reliable/efficient ? Thanks. - This is the tcpdump-workers list. Visit http