Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Appletalk DDP and AARP support

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From: guy@xxxxxxxxxx (Guy Harris)
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 23:26:49 -0700 (PDT)
> This is available throught resolv.h routines on all platforms 
> (see manuf and ethers files).

...although, on platforms where you have "ethers.byname" and
"ethers.byaddr" NIS maps and routines such as the SunOS 4.x/5.x
"ether_ntohost()" and "ether_hostton()" routines to look up stuff in
"/etc/ethers" or those maps as appropriate, the "resolv.h" routines
won't find stuff in the NIS maps.

We might want to use those routines if they're present, and use our own
routines if not.