root@libpcap-bug1865501:~# pkg-config libpcap --libs
Package libpcap was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libpcap.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'libpcap' found
Enabling -proposed, updating the package and verifying that the bug is fixed:
Verifying that the bug happens:
root@libpcap-bug1865501:~# pkg-config libpcap --libs
Package libpcap was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libpcap.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'libpcap' found
Enabling -proposed, updating the package and verifying that the bug is fixed:
root@libpcap-bug1865501:~# apt policy libpcap0.8 18.04.2 18.04.2 18.04.2 500 archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu bionic- proposed/ main amd64 Packages dpkg/status 8.1-6ubuntu1. 18.04.1 500 archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages security. ubuntu. com/ubuntu bionic- security/ main amd64 Packages archive. ubuntu. com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages
libpcap0.8:
Installed: 1.8.1-6ubuntu1.
Candidate: 1.8.1-6ubuntu1.
Version table:
*** 1.8.1-6ubuntu1.
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
1.
500 http://
500 http://
1.8.1-6ubuntu1 500
500 http://
root@libpcap-bug1865501:~# pkg-config libpcap --libs
-lpcap
Therefore, I am marking this bug as verified.