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
 
