[Winpcap-bugs] HAVE_REMOTE counter-intuitively needed

[Mark Bednarczyk]

Actually, this is with the -DHAVE_REMOTE defined to the compiler. I can
successfully open a remote capture with my test code and crash it with a
bogus flag. So the issue is still valid.

Cheers,
mark... 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: winpcap-bugs-bounces at winpcap.org 
> [mailto:winpcap-bugs-bounces at winpcap.org] On Behalf Of 
> Gianluca Varenni
> Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 12:46 PM
> To: YG; winpcap-bugs at winpcap.org
> Subject: Re: [Winpcap-bugs] HAVE_REMOTE counter-intuitively needed
> 
> Well, the reason behind that is that pcap_open() is a 
> specific extension to the usual pcap_open_live() supporting 
> (among other things) remote capture. So you need to have the 
> remote capabilities enabled to use that API. And that's the 
> reason why there are two copies of the pktdump_ex sample, one 
> in the examples_pcap (not using pcap_open and the remote 
> extensions, and working on unix as well), and one in 
> examples-remote (using pcap_open and all the other remote 
> capture extensions).
>  
> In any case I can add a comment at the beginning of every 
> sample in the examples-remote folder stating that HAVE_REMOTE 
> (as well as WPCAP) should be defined in order to compile such samples.
>  
> Have a nice day
> GV
>  
>  
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> 
> 	From: YG <mailto:yagibear at gmail.com>  
> 	To: winpcap-bugs at winpcap.org 
> 	Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 8:36 PM
> 	Subject: [Winpcap-bugs] HAVE_REMOTE counter-intuitively needed
> 
> 	When compiling the developer's example pktdump_ex.c I 
> found that the definition of PCAP_SRC_IF_STRING was in the 
> remote-ext.h header, which required the HAVE_REMOTE 
> preprocessor directive.  Not intuitive for an introductory 
> sniffing example why esoteric remote capture capabilities are 
> needed.  Suggest explicitly stating in example code that 
> HAVE_REMOTE needs to be defined. 
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