Re: tcpdump 4.0.0rc3 and libpcap 1.0.0rc3 now available

[Ken Bantoft <ken () netfunctional ca>]

On 27-Oct-08, at 7:56 PM, Guy Harris wrote:

> There are 1.0.0 and 4.0.0 tarballs, but in the /beta directory.  Is  
> that rc3 or the final release?  The VERSION files don't say "rc3".
>
> I've checked into the libpcap 1.0 branch some changes since those  
> tarballs were made:
>
> 	1) getting the VERSION file from $(srcdir) when constructing shared  
> library version numbers;
>
> 	2) filtering characters other than digits and "." out of the  
> contents of VERSION when making an OS X current_version string;
>
>         3) fixing the man page section numbers for some OSes;
>
> 	4) pcap-linktype man page changes to distinguish between DLT_  
> values and the values in libpcap file headers (there are a few cases  
> where, for compatibility with various BSDs, the DLT_ values are  
> different from the value in the file header);
>
> 	5) a pcap-savefile man page change to refer to the pcap-linktype  
> page (that's one reason for the previous change);
>
> and I've checked into the tcpdump 4.0 branch a change since those  
> tarballs were made:
>
> 	generating tcpdump.1 from the configure script, so that references  
> to pcap-filter refer to it with the appropriate section number  
> (along with configure-script changes taken from the libpcap  
> configure script to choose the section numbers).
>
> If those aren't in 1.0.0/4.0.0, that's not fatal.


All punched in, and new 1.0.0/4.0.0 tarballs in the /beta directory.

Once Michael signs them (needs USB key + human present) then I'll put  
them into the releases/ directory, and update the website (which is  
done, just haven't CVS committed it yet.





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