[tcpdump-announce] tcpdump 4.2.1

[Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>]

libpcap 1.2.1 and tcpdump 4.2.1 were tar.gz and signed Jan.1, 2011.

The changelogs:
Friday  December 9, 2011.  guy () alum mit edu.
  Summary for 4.2.1 tcpdump release
        Only build the Babel printer if IPv6 is enabled.
        Support Babel on port 6696 as well as 6697.
        Include ppi.h in release tarball.
        Include all the test files in the release tarball, and don't
         "include" test files that no longer exist.
        Don't assume we have <rpc/rpc.h> - check for it.
        Support "-T carp" as a way of dissecting IP protocol 112 as CARP
         rather than VRRP.
        Support Hilscher NetAnalyzer link-layer header format.
        Constify some pointers and fix compiler warnings.
        Get rid of never-true test.
        Fix an unintended fall-through in a case statement in the ARP
         printer.
        Fix several cases where sizeof(sizeof(XXX)) was used when just
         sizeof(XXX) was intended.
        Make stricter sanity checks in the ES-IS printer.
        Get rid of some GCCisms that caused builds to fai with compilers
         that don't support them.
        Fix typo in man page.
        Added length checks to Babel printer.

Friday  December 9, 2011.  guy () alum mit edu.
Summary for 1.2.1 libpcap release
        Update README file.
        Fix typoes in README.linux file.
        Clean up some compiler warnings.
        Fix Linux compile problems and tests for ethtool.h.
        Treat Debian/kFreeBSD and GNU/Hurd as systems with GNU
         toolchains.
        Support 802.1 QinQ as a form of VLAN in filters.
        Treat "carp" as equivalent to "vrrp" in filters.
        Fix code generated for "ip6 protochain".
        Add some new link-layer header types.
        Support capturing NetFilter log messages on Linux.
        Clean up some error messages.
        Turn off monitor mode on exit for mac80211 interfaces on Linux.
        Fix problems turning monitor mode on for non-mac80211 interfaces
         on Linux.
        Properly fail if /sys/class/net or /proc/net/dev exist but can't
         be opened.
        Fail if pcap_activate() is called on an already-activated
         pcap_t, and add a test program for that.
        Fix filtering in pcap-ng files.
        Don't build for PowerPC on Mac OS X Lion.
        Simplify handling of new DLT_/LINKTYPE_ values.
        Expand pcap(3PCAP) man page.

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