pcap-config extra space

[stereoit]

Binary package hint: libpcap0.8-dev

Hi,

pcap-config has extra space in libs definition

--libs)
    echo "-L /usr/lib -lpcap "
    ;;

The extra " " between -L and /usr/lib is causing make to fail (for example libvirt):

...
 CCLD libvirt_driver_nwfilter.la
libtool: link: require no space between `-L' and `/usr/lib'
make[3]: *** [libvirt_driver_nwfilter.la] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/rsmol/Code/libvirt/src'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/rsmol/Code/libvirt/src'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/rsmol/Code/libvirt'
make: *** [all] Error 2
...

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Following email to bugsquad from eapache: this is fixed on Natty: changelog shows the fix on 1.1.1-1:

libpcap (1.1.1-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release (closes: #576002):
    + No changes to existing API/ABI; no new symbols.
    + Uses the new path to usbmon in /sys (closes: #570455).
    + Updates USB packet header definition (closes: #571028).
    + pcap_loop() handles device removal gracefully again
      (closes: #520393).
    + pcap-config no longer outputs an extra space after -L
      (closes: #567570).
  * debian/patches/10_install.diff: Dropped, merged upstream.
  * debian/patches/20-fix-any-intf.diff: Ditto.
  * debian/patches/20-fix-rename-usbmon.diff: Ditto.
  * debian/control: Set Standards-Version to 3.8.4.

But Lucid suffers from it, being at 1.0.0-6.

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Nominating for Lucid (since it is LTS).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".