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FS#27775 - [libpcap] static library is missing
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Opened by s (savy) - Friday, 30 December 2011, 20:27 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Thursday, 07 November 2013, 13:17 GMT
Opened by s (savy) - Friday, 30 December 2011, 20:27 GMT
Last edited by Allan McRae (Allan) - Thursday, 07 November 2013, 13:17 GMT
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DetailsDescription:
It miss the static library in last libpcap release : > pacman -Ql libpcap | grep .a$ > pacman -Ql libnet | grep .a$ libnet /usr/lib/libnet.a > pacman -Ss libpcap core/libpcap 1.1.1-4 [installé] A system-independent interface for user-level packet capture |
This task depends upon
https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/libpcap&id=3182e8e0
Why do you need the static library?
it's just because for some program, some users prefer be independant from rtld for security reason.
And usually for other libs on arch the static lib is packaged in too ( libnet libssl libcrypto glibc etc..)
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