tcpdump/PLATFORMS
Guy Harris 3bc62cd35f Use pcapng as the name of the file format.
At one point, I remember a discussion resulting in the official name of
the next-generation replacement for pcap format being changed to
"pcapng", with no hyphen.

Make tcpdump reflect that.

While we're at it, uppdate to use "macOS" as the name of Apple's
UNIX-for-Macs, as appropriate (don't use it for versions that were still
called Mac OS X or OS X).
2018-01-08 18:50:06 -08:00

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In many operating systems tcpdump is available as a native package or port,
which simplifies installation of updates and long-term maintenance. However,
the native packages are sometimes a few versions behind and to try a more
recent snapshot it will take to compile tcpdump from the source code.
tcpdump compiles and works on at least the following platforms:
* AIX
* FreeBSD
* HP-UX 11i
* Linux (any) with glibc (usually just works)
* Linux (any) with musl libc (sometimes fails to compile, please report any bugs)
* {Mac} OS X / macOS
* NetBSD
* OpenWrt
* Solaris