pcapplusplus 25.05

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Created with brew bump-formula-pr.

release notes

May 2025 release of PcapPlusPlus (v25.05)
Binaries included in this release

Binaries compiled for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS

For Ubuntu 24.04 both x86_64 and ARM packages are available


Binaries compiled for RHEL 9.4
Binaries compiled for Fedora 42
Binaries compiled for Alpine 3.20.3
Binaries compiled for macOS Intel and Apple Silicon with Xcode 15 and 16
Binaries compiled for Android with all 4 ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64
Binaries compiled for FreeBSD 14.1 and 13.4
Binaries compiled for Windows using MinGW-w64 15.1.0 (32bit + 64bit)
Binaries compiled for Windows using Microsoft Visual Studio 2022, 2019 (32bit + 64bit, Debug + Release configurations)
Full documentation (both PcapPlusPlus website and API doxygen documentation) is available here: https://pcapplusplus.github.io/docs/quickstart

What's changed (changes from v24.09)

New protocol support:

WireGuard (thanks @nadongjun !)
Add gratuitous ARP requests (thanks @Dimi1010 !)
GTPv2
Cisco HDLC


Added the option to build only Common++ and Packet++ libraries without Pcap++, removing the dependency on third-party libraries like libpcap or WinPcap/Npcap (thanks @Dimi1010 !)
Updated the CMake files to support using pcapplusplus/ as the include prefix (thanks @clementperon !)
Added support for DPDK 23.11 and 24.11
Introduced nanosecond precision for timestamps in TCP reassembly
Added support for timestamp-related libpcap options (thanks @vcomito-apexai !)
Added multi-language README support (Traditional Chinese, Korean) (thanks @tigercosmos, @nadongjun !)
Updated OS/platform support running in CI: Ubuntu ARM64, Alpine 3.20, Fedora 42, FreeBSD 13.4/14.1, newer macOS runners (thanks @clementperon !)
Migrated Android build to use the new version of ToyVPN
Introduced a new benchmark system using Google Benchmark (thanks @egecetin !)
Enhanced Python testing and linting infrastructure with ruff (thanks @tigercosmos !)
Code refactoring:

Replaced the inclusion of the LightPcapNg source code in the repository with a forked version of LightPcapNg
Overhauled the logging infrastructure for better performance and flexibility (thanks @Dimi1010 !)
Reformatted CMakeLists files using gersemi (thanks @egecetin !)
Updated the internal implementation of PcapLiveDevice to store IP information as IPAddress (thanks @Dimi1010!)
Streamlined packet parsing using templated next-layer sub-construction (thanks @Dimi1010 !)
Refactored device list classes (PcapLiveDeviceList, DpdkDeviceList, etc.) to use smart pointers internally for memory management and consolidated common behavior under a base class (thanks @Dimi1010 !)
Improved the internal implementation of MacAddress, IPAddress and IPNetwork classes (thanks @Dimi1010 !)
Enhanced and modernized the internal implementation of PfRingDevice (thanks @Dimi1010 !)
Removed usage of VLAs (Variable Length Arrays) for C++ standard compliance (thanks @Dimi1010 !)
Numerous C++11 modernization efforts (thanks @Dimi1010, @egecetin, @lumiZGorlic, @kiwixz, @ol-imorozko !)


Improved documentation using triple-slash Doxygen formatting (thanks @Dimi1010, @tigercosmos !)
Tons of bug fixes, security fixes and small improvements (thanks @Dimi1010, @clementperon, @rndx21033, @prudens, @Doekin, @egecetin, @ol-imorozko, @1ndahous3, @fxlb, @jj683, @oss-patch, @enomis101, @Shivam7-1, @orgads, @Alexis-Lapierre, @s-genereux, @fasonju !)

Breaking changes

Logger::LogLevel has been deprecated and moved to LogLevel. LogLevel is now an enum class, so arithmetic operations on it will fail to compile
The Logger copy constructor and copy assignment operator are marked as deleted
The return type of Packet::getRawPacketReadOnly() has been changed from RawPacket* to RawPacket const*
SSLv2 support has been removed (it was non-functional in previous versions) (thanks to @droe!)
LightPcapNg is no longer included in the repository and is instead fetched at CMake configuration time

Deprecation list

PcapLiveDevice::getAddresses(), which was previously deprecated, has now been removed
libpcap versions < 0.9 are no longer supported. As a result, the following CMake options have been removed: PCAPPP_ENABLE_PCAP_IMMEDIATE_MODE and PCAPPP_ENABLE_PCAP_SET_DIRECTION
The following methods are now deprecated and will be removed in future versions:

Logger::Error, Logger::Info, and Logger::Debug are deprecated. Please use LogLevel::XXX instead
PcapLiveDeviceList::getPcapLiveDeviceBy*** methods have been deprecated in favor of PcapLiveDeviceList::getDeviceBy***
ArpLayer(ArpOpcode opCode, const MacAddress &senderMacAddr, const MacAddress &targetMacAddr, const IPv4Address &senderIpAddr, const IPv4Address &targetIpAddr) constructor has been deprecated in favor of more explicit overloads



Collaborators

@tigercosmos
@Dimi1010
@egecetin
@clementperon
@seladb

Full Changelog: seladb/PcapPlusPlus@v24.09...v25.05

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[chenrui333]

   CMake Error at /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/Homebrew/Library/Homebrew/cmake/trap_fetchcontent_provider.cmake:12 (message):
    Refusing to populate dependency 'LightPcapNg' with FetchContent while
    building in Homebrew, please use a formula dependency or add a resource to
    the formula.
  Call Stack (most recent call first):
    /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt/cmake/share/cmake/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:2468:EVAL:1 (trap_fetchcontent_provider)
    /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt/cmake/share/cmake/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:2468 (cmake_language)
    /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/opt/cmake/share/cmake/Modules/FetchContent.cmake:2314 (__FetchContent_MakeAvailable_eval_code)
    3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt:13 (FetchContent_MakeAvailable)

[clementperon]

@chenrui333 due to other package complaining with FetchContent, this has been reverted and the repo has been retagged...

New sha1 is a49a79e0b67b402ad75ffa96c1795def36df75c8 is it possible to close this MR and rebump to the new sha1?

[clementperon]

I have open another MR: #223617

[chenrui333]

Sounds good 👍