Re: tcpdump and pcapng with comments

[Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>]

Mahesh V <maheshvenkateshwaran () gmail com> wrote:
    > I added some code (modified) tcpdump to write the pcapng file.
    > while configuring/compiling the source code I get this error
    > This is a cross compilation for ARM platform

Well, likely the resulting flex test can't be run, since it's cross-compiled.

I suggest *NOT* doing cross-compilation while you are working on new code.

    > configure: error: *flex is insufficient to compile libpcap.*
    > libpcap requires Flex 2.5.31 or later, or a compatible version of lex.

    > # flex -V
    > flex 2.5.37
    > Same error is true for bison/m4. (I am not sure what is that tool for)

Read the config.out to see why it really failed; my guess is above.
Regardless, you will need to post more details about the failure.

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