Re: nmap on cygwin

[Matt <matt () use net>]

On 24 Aug 2001 netmgmt () nsimail com wrote:

> > What you could do is modify the nmap configure/makefile.in to detect the
> > wincap library under cygwin and link against it and it's headers instead of
> > the libpcap-possiblymodified. Of course, because the libpcap is possibly
> > modified, it means the winpcap version may not work at any given point. I'm
> > pretty sure it would, since win32 support is now integrated into nmap.

> I ran configure with a switch of --with-libpcap=/the dir with WinPCAP
> It worked ok, no problems. Then I editied Makefile.in in nmap-2.53 dir to
> point libpcapdir to this directory from before and it bombed with a
> message about a circular reference libpcap dir. Am I missing anything ?
> The last thing I tried was to delete everything that comes in the
> libpcap-possiblymodified and tar'ed in the WinPCAP stuff, then used the
> standard Makefile.in and I still got a circular reference. Anything else I
> might be able to try. I was encouraged by a successful configure,
> though.

(Please reply inline and inesrt carriage returns next time.)

I have no idea about the circular reference thing. As I said, I've never
done this myself and can only guess it would work. My suggestion would be
to resolve the circular reference, send a patch to the windump people
that fixes it, and go onto the next hurdle.

Sorry I can't be of more help, I'm already insanely busy having just
gotten back from a 3 week european sexcapade.

Er. Escapade.

;>


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