X-Git-Url: https://git.tcpdump.org/tcpdump/blobdiff_plain/364b683b89f9ceeae985f9dbdb900227d284a39d..4ef2f8ba3a27d5b0e30c7e60cc4aed7721adaac0:/PLATFORMS diff --git a/PLATFORMS b/PLATFORMS index 49291176..4f11c515 100644 --- a/PLATFORMS +++ b/PLATFORMS @@ -1,8 +1,16 @@ -== Tested platforms == -NetBSD 1.5/i386 (mcr - 2000/12/8) - ---- -RedHat Linux 6.1/i386 (assar) -FreeBSD 2.2.8/i386 (itojun) +In many operating systems tcpdump is available as a native package or port, +which simplifies installation of updates and long-term maintenance. However, +the native packages are sometimes a few versions behind and to try a more +recent snapshot it will take to compile tcpdump from the source code. +tcpdump compiles and works on at least the following platforms: +* AIX +* FreeBSD +* HP-UX 11i +* Linux (any) with glibc (usually just works) +* Linux (any) with musl libc (sometimes fails to compile, please report any bugs) +* Mac OS X / macOS +* NetBSD +* OpenWrt +* Solaris