require 'formula' class Snort < Formula homepage 'http://www.snort.org' url 'http://www.snort.org/dl/snort-current/snort-2.9.3.tar.gz' md5 'e128f5d5d14dad335dc0c549c7fe2e98' depends_on 'daq' depends_on 'libdnet' depends_on 'pcre' def options [['--enable-debug', "Compile Snort with --enable-debug and --enable-debug-msgs"]] end def install args = %W[--prefix=#{prefix} --disable-dependency-tracking --enable-ipv6 --enable-gre --enable-mpls --enable-targetbased --enable-decoder-preprocessor-rules --enable-ppm --enable-perfprofiling --enable-zlib --enable-active-response --enable-normalizer --enable-reload --enable-react --enable-flexresp3] if ARGV.include?('--enable-debug') args << "--enable-debug" args << "--enable-debug-msgs" else args << "--disable-debug" end system "./configure", *args system "make install" end def caveats <<-EOS.undent For snort to be functional, you need to update the permissions for /dev/bpf* so that they can be read by non-root users. This can be done manually using: sudo chmod 644 /dev/bpf* or you could create a startup item to do this for you. EOS end end