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diff --git a/README.hpux b/README.hpux new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..211e3f57da --- /dev/null +++ b/README.hpux @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +The Software Porting And Archive Centre for HP-UX, at + + http://hpux.csc.liv.ac.uk/ + +(and with mirrors in various countries, listed on the Centre's home +page) has ported versions, in both source and binary form, for Ethereal, +as well as for the "libpcap", GLib, GTK+, "zlib", and CMU SNMP libraries +that it uses. + +The changes they've made appear largely to be compile option changes; if +you've downloaded the source to the latest version of Ethereal (the +version on the Centre's site may not necessarily be the latest version), +it should be able to compile, perhaps with those changes. + +They appear to have used HP-UX's "cc" compiler, with the options "-Ae +-O"; there's a comment "Add -Dhpux_9 if building under 9.X". It may +also build with GCC. + +If you want to use Ethereal to capture packets, you will have to install +"libpcap"; the INSTALL file for "libpcap" has several comments about +HP-UX, which you should read if you're going to install and use +"libpcap" on HP-UX. |