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gamelinux / passivedns

A network sniffer that logs all DNS server replies for use in a passive DNS setup
http://gamelinux.org/
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We need an INSTALL file in the distribution #85

Closed marcopaganini closed 7 years ago

marcopaganini commented 7 years ago

Hello there,

I've noticed that there's no INSTALL file in the distribution or a familiar "configure" script to generate the make file. Similarly, there's no information about dependencies.

I've installed by running autoconf directly:

libtoolize --force aclocal autoheader automake --force-missing --add-missing autoconf ./configure

But I confess I hadn't used those tools in a while and a Google query was required to get the right commands.

Maybe this should be added to the INSTALL file, or (even better) a configure file shipped with the repo?

frsk commented 7 years ago

There's already an INSTALL file present in the doc directory. It contains the steps to compile passivedns on some of the most common distributions out there, as well as requirements.

marcopaganini commented 7 years ago

Fantastic, thanks! Usually INSTALL and README are at the top level (I usually assume doc directories contain manpages and others that will be installed). Closing the bug.