[TOY Richard <richard.toy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I have successfully built previous versions of ethereal but version 0.8.19
is proving more difficult.

I have the latest version of pcap compiled and installed locally in my home
directory.

e.g.
./configure --prefix=/usr/users21/toy
make
make install

I then try to configure ethereal with

./configure --prefix=/usr/users21/toy
OR
./configure --prefix=/usr/users21/toy --with-pcap=/usr/users21/toy/include

Both command result in the same error i.e :-

tcc01> ./configure --prefix=/usr/users21/toy
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... ./install-sh -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking host system type... alphaev6-dec-osf4.0f
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc -g ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for bison... bison -y
checking for flex... flex
checking for flex... (cached) flex
checking for yywrap in -lfl... yes
checking lex output file root... lex.yy
checking whether yytext is a pointer... yes
checking for perl... /usr/users21/toy/bin/perl
checking for flex... /usr/users21/toy/bin/flex
checking for python... no
checking for pkgproto... no
checking for pkgmk... no
checking for pkgtrans... no
checking for rpm... no
checking to see if we can add '-Wall' to CFLAGS... yes
checking for platform-specific compiler flags... none needed
checking for gtk-config... /usr/users21/toy/bin/gtk-config
checking for GTK - version >= 1.2.0... yes
checking for glib-config... /usr/users21/toy/bin/glib-config
checking for GLIB - version >= 1.2.0... yes
checking whether GLib supports loadable modules... yes
checking for gethostbyname... yes
checking for connect... yes
checking whether to use libpcap for packet capture... yes
checking for extraneous pcap header directories... found --
-I/usr/users21/toy/include added to CFLAGS
checking for net/bpf.h... yes
checking for pcap.h... yes
checking for pcap_open_live in -lpcap... no
configure: error: Library libpcap not found.
tcc01> 

The config.log contains:

configure:2941: checking for connect
configure:2969: gcc -o conftest -Wall -W -Wno-unused -g -I$(top_srcdir)
-I$(top_srcdir)/wiretap -I$(top_srcdir)/epan -I/usr/local/i
nclude -I/usr/users21/toy/lib/glib/include -I/usr/users21/toy/include
-I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/wiretap -I$(top_srcdir)/epan
 -I/usr/local/include  -L/usr/local/lib conftest.c -L/usr/users21/toy/lib
1>&5
configure:3035: checking whether to use libpcap for packet capture
configure:3078: checking for extraneous pcap header directories
configure:3120: checking for net/bpf.h
configure:3130: gcc -E  -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/wiretap
-I$(top_srcdir)/epan -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/users21/toy/include
conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:3154: checking for pcap.h
configure:3164: gcc -E  -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/wiretap
-I$(top_srcdir)/epan -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/users21/toy/include
conftest.c >/dev/null 2>conftest.out
configure:3191: checking for pcap_open_live in -lpcap
configure:3210: gcc -o conftest -Wall -W -Wno-unused -g -I$(top_srcdir)
-I$(top_srcdir)/wiretap -I$(top_srcdir)/epan -I/usr/local/include
-I/usr/users21/toy/lib/glib/include -I/usr/users21/toy/include
-I/usr/users21/toy/include  -I$(top_srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/wiretap
-I$(top_srcdir)/epan -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/users21/toy/include
-L/usr/local/lib conftest.c -lpcap   -L/usr/users21/toy/lib 1>&5
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
/usr/bin/ld:
Unresolved:
snprintf
vsnprintf
configure: failed program was:
#line 3199 "configure"
#include "confdefs.h"
/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
char pcap_open_live();

int main() {
pcap_open_live()
; return 0; } 


What am I doing wrong?

Why is the test program expecting to use snprintf & vsnprintf?

Any explanation eagerly awaited....

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