Re: ports libpcap?

Hi,

I forgot what I wanted to port or update some loong time ago, and indeed ran into this timeval vs. bpf_timeval issue that caused grief. 

Don't remember if I gave up, or was able to figure it out ;)

Therefore definitely would appreciate a libpcap in ports.

lightly tested, works for me on amd64. 

I agree with Kirill, using libepacp everywhere would be more intuitive.

Sebastian

On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 1:22 AM Kirill A. Korinsky <kirill@korins.ky> wrote:

On Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:07:17 +0100,
Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org> wrote:
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> that was intentional, it's in a non standard directory (similar layout
> to ports/security/openssl, though I've just realised that moving the
> manpages may be a good idea).
>

... and the only way to get it is asking pkgconfig for libepcap

Well, it seems to work, but I still think that name it libepcap everywhere
is cleaner.

> I did forget to update LIB_DEPENDS/WANTLIB in the wireshark diff though.
>
>
> --
>  Sent from a phone, apologies for poor formatting.
>
> On 26 February 2026 22:49:31 Kirill A. Korinsky <kirill@korins.ky> wrote:
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> > On Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:45:37 +0100,
> > Stuart Henderson <stu@spacehopper.org> wrote:
> >>
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> >> I'd like to add an alternative version of libpcap to ports - similar
> >> to our handling of other libraries which exist in base + ports, with a
> >> non-default install path to avoid it getting picked up by accident.
> >>
> >> tar.gz for this attached.  Any comments or OKs?
> >
> > It installs
> >
> > @static-lib lib/libpcap/libpcap.a
> > @lib lib/libpcap/libpcap.so.${LIBpcap_VERSION}
> >
> > which conflicts with system's libpcap.
> >
> > with that hunk in CMakeLists's patch:
> >
> > --- CMakeLists.txt.orig
> > +++ CMakeLists.txt
> > @@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ else()
> >     #
> >     # On UN*X, it's always been libpcap.
> >     #
> > -    set(LIBRARY_NAME pcap)
> > +    set(LIBRARY_NAME epcap)
> > endif()
> >
> > option(INET6 "Enable IPv6" ON)
> >
> >
> > and adjustment SHARED_LIBS OK kirill@
> >
> > --
> > wbr, Kirill
>
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wbr, Kirill