Compile newer libpcap for Linux release (#19)

brimdata · Apr 27, 2020 · b10116d · b10116d
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diff --git a/brim/release b/brim/release
@@ -9,7 +9,19 @@ case $(uname -s) in
     Linux)
         goos=linux
         logical_cpus=$(nproc)
-        sudo apt-get -y install bison flex libpcap-dev libssl-dev
+        sudo apt-get -y install bison flex libssl-dev
+
+        # Compile a recent libpcap, since the one we'd get via apt-get is old
+        # and hits https://github.com/brimsec/zeek/issues/17.
+        (
+            cd $(mktemp -d)
+            wget https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/archive/libpcap-1.9.1.tar.gz
+            tar xzvf libpcap-1.9.1.tar.gz
+            cd libpcap-libpcap-1.9.1
+            ./configure
+            make
+            sudo make install
+        )
         ;;
     *)
         echo "unknown OS" >&2