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authorDenis Ovsienko <denis@ovsienko.info>2023-04-17 23:09:29 +0100
committerDenis Ovsienko <denis@ovsienko.info>2023-04-17 23:10:39 +0100
commitab3f6a677ba66a9679c6f3412f0320a5776842d0 (patch)
tree9cbaa8d5c64acfd24e15b66d2b0d01c552c42ad3
parent6c6198adb62ecc81d44e22447c1d87f9216a33a0 (diff)
downloadlibpcap-ab3f6a677ba66a9679c6f3412f0320a5776842d0.tar.gz
pcap-config(1): Simplify and add one more detail. [skip ci]
-rw-r--r--pcap-config.114
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pcap-config.1 b/pcap-config.1
index a98b0a78..8f0fdd62 100644
--- a/pcap-config.1
+++ b/pcap-config.1
@@ -52,13 +52,9 @@ pcap-config \- write libpcap compiler and linker flags to standard output
.I pcap\-config
writes to the standard output various compiler and linker flags required to
build a user program with libpcap. By default, it writes flags appropriate
-for building with a dynamically\-linked version of libpcap; see the
-.B \-\-static
-and
-.B \-\-static\-pcap\-only
-options for building with a statically\-linked version. Depending on the
-manner of libpcap installation, some options or their combinations may
-produce empty output \- this is by design.
+for building with a dynamically\-linked version of libpcap; see below
+for static linking. Depending on the manner of libpcap installation, some
+options or their combinations may produce empty output \- this is by design.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
@@ -123,7 +119,9 @@ option, and with status 0 otherwise.
.SH BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY
.PP
-The
+Before libpcap release 1.10.2
+.I pcap\-config
+did not treat invalid command\-line options as an error. The
.B \-\-static\-pcap\-only
flag became available in libpcap release 1.10.2. The
.B \-\-static