--- /dev/null
+tcpdump explicitly checks for a static version of libpcap in
+../libpcap-[0-9]*.[0-9]*(.[0-9]*)?([ab][0-9]*)? relative to its build dir
+if found, tcpdump is linked statically against this lib
+
+The patch removes the check for the static lib and headers in this relative
+location for tcpdump's configure script.
+
+Index: tcpdump-3.9.8/configure
+===================================================================
+--- tcpdump-3.9.8.orig/configure 2007-09-25 19:16:50.000000000 -0700
++++ tcpdump-3.9.8/configure 2009-05-21 17:17:07.000000000 -0700
+@@ -9278,26 +9278,6 @@
+ LIBS="$LIBS $pfopen"
+ fi
+ fi
+- { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for local pcap library" >&5
+-echo $ECHO_N "checking for local pcap library... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+- libpcap=FAIL
+- lastdir=FAIL
+- places=`ls $srcdir/.. | sed -e 's,/$,,' -e "s,^,$srcdir/../," | \
+- egrep '/libpcap-[0-9]*.[0-9]*(.[0-9]*)?([ab][0-9]*)?$'`
+- for dir in $places $srcdir/../libpcap $srcdir/libpcap ; do
+- basedir=`echo $dir | sed -e 's/[ab][0-9]*$//'`
+- if test $lastdir = $basedir ; then
+- continue;
+- fi
+- lastdir=$dir
+- if test -r $dir/libpcap.a ; then
+- libpcap=$dir/libpcap.a
+- d=$dir
+- fi
+- done
+- if test $libpcap = FAIL ; then
+- { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: not found" >&5
+-echo "${ECHO_T}not found" >&6; }
+ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for main in -lpcap" >&5
+ echo $ECHO_N "checking for main in -lpcap... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+ if test "${ac_cv_lib_pcap_main+set}" = set; then
+@@ -9362,40 +9342,6 @@
+ echo "$as_me: error: see the INSTALL doc for more info" >&2;}
+ { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+ fi
+- { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for extraneous pcap header directories" >&5
+-echo $ECHO_N "checking for extraneous pcap header directories... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+- if test \( ! -r /usr/local/include/pcap.h \) -a \
+- \( ! -r /usr/include/pcap.h \); then
+- if test -r /usr/local/include/pcap/pcap.h; then
+- d="/usr/local/include/pcap"
+- elif test -r /usr/include/pcap/pcap.h; then
+- d="/usr/include/pcap"
+- fi
+- fi
+- if test -z "$d" ; then
+- { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: not found" >&5
+-echo "${ECHO_T}not found" >&6; }
+- else
+- V_INCLS="-I$d $V_INCLS"
+- { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: found -- -I$d added" >&5
+-echo "${ECHO_T}found -- -I$d added" >&6; }
+- fi
+- else
+- V_PCAPDEP=$libpcap
+- places=`ls $srcdir/.. | sed -e 's,/$,,' -e "s,^,$srcdir/../," | \
+- egrep '/libpcap-[0-9]*.[0-9]*(.[0-9]*)?([ab][0-9]*)?$'`
+- if test -r $d/pcap.h; then
+- V_INCLS="-I$d $V_INCLS"
+- elif test -r $places/pcap.h; then
+- V_INCLS="-I$places $V_INCLS"
+- else
+- { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: cannot find pcap.h" >&5
+-echo "$as_me: error: cannot find pcap.h" >&2;}
+- { (exit see INSTALL); exit see INSTALL; }; }
+- fi
+- { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $libpcap" >&5
+-echo "${ECHO_T}$libpcap" >&6; }
+- fi
+ LIBS="$libpcap $LIBS"
+ case "$host_os" in
+