X-Git-Url: https://git.tcpdump.org/tcpdump/blobdiff_plain/65aafc0c1d6c4434493c4cc24cb90dff937d9361..a8abce5c5e2dce2ba6dbccd5d3829da104b80f9c:/PLATFORMS diff --git a/PLATFORMS b/PLATFORMS index ec85e59b..98cc2908 100644 --- a/PLATFORMS +++ b/PLATFORMS @@ -1,9 +1,18 @@ -== Tested platforms == -NetBSD 5.1/i386 (mcr - 2012/4/1) -Debian Linux (squeeze/i386) (mcr - 2012/4/1) - ---- -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 +* DragonFly BSD +* 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 +* OpenBSD +* OpenWrt +* Solaris