Added the ability to create a read-only ethereal, i.e., one that

doesn't link with libpcap, so no packet captures can be made. The
"--disable-pcap" option has been added to the configure script. Docs
have been updated. And the string buffer size in the simple_dialog()
has been doubled so that Johan's e-mail address in the "About" dialogue
window doesn't get chopped off.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=351

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 977ae86340..54bd27f5ec 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ Installation Checklist
 
          http://www.gtk.org .
 
-         Ethereal should work with the latest 1.0.x version, as well as
-         the latest 1.2.x version.
+         Ethereal needs gtk+-1.2.0 or above.
 
          If you installed GTK+ from a binary package, you may have to
          install a "development" package; there may be separate "user's"
@@ -18,8 +17,8 @@ Installation Checklist
          header files and the like.  For example, Red Hat users will
          need to install a "gtk-devel" .rpm.
 
-  [ ] 2. Make sure you have libpcap installed.  The latest version can be
-         found at
+  [ ] 2. If you want to capture packets, make sure you have libpcap
+         installed.  The latest version can be found at
           
          ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov .
 
@@ -44,6 +43,10 @@ Installation Checklist
          default.  You can change this location with the --sysconfdir
          option.
 
+         The --disable-pcap option allows you to compile without libpcap.
+         You won't be able to capture packets, but you can read traces
+         that have already been captured to disk by other programs.
+
   [ ] 4. Run 'make'.  Hopefully, you won't run into any problems.
 
   [ ] 5. Run './ethereal', and make sure things are working.  You must