diff --git a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/config-fixes.patch b/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/config-fixes.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 166816eb8f..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/config-fixes.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-Fixes to enable building with latest autoconf and automake
-
-JL 09/02/10
-
-Index: libpcap-0.9.3/configure.in
-===================================================================
---- libpcap-0.9.3.orig/configure.in	2005-07-07 07:56:03.000000000 +0100
-+++ libpcap-0.9.3/configure.in	2010-02-09 15:19:40.529662003 +0000
-@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
- AC_INIT(pcap.c)
- 
- AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
-+AC_PROG_CC
- 
- AC_LBL_C_INIT(V_CCOPT, V_INCLS, V_LIBS)
- AC_LBL_C_INLINE
diff --git a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/ldflags.patch b/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/ldflags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 66ab5f725f..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/ldflags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-diff -urN libpcap-1.0.0.orig/Makefile.in libpcap-1.0.0/Makefile.in
---- libpcap-1.0.0.orig/Makefile.in	2008-10-28 01:26:13.000000000 +0000
-+++ libpcap-1.0.0/Makefile.in	2009-04-02 13:54:20.000000000 +0000
-@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@
- #
- libpcap.so: $(OBJ)
- 	@rm -f $@
--	$(CC) -shared -Wl,-soname,$@.1 -o $@.`cat $(srcdir)/VERSION` $(OBJ) $(DAGLIBS)
-+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -shared -Wl,-soname,$@.1 -o $@.`cat $(srcdir)/VERSION` $(OBJ) $(DAGLIBS)
- 
- #
- # The following rule succeeds, but the result is untested.
diff --git a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/shared.patch b/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/shared.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cbdb181633..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/shared.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-Patch currently not applied but would be better or worse than customised do_install?
-
---- libpcap-0.9.3/Makefile.in~shared
-+++ libpcap-0.9.3/Makefile.in
-@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@
- srcdir = @srcdir@
- VPATH = @srcdir@
- 
-+# some defines for shared library compilation - FIXME, if not matching
-+MAJ=0.9
-+MIN=3
-+VERSION=$(MAJ).$(MIN)
-+LIBNAME=pcap
-+LIBRARY=lib$(LIBNAME).a
-+SOLIBRARY=lib$(LIBNAME).so
-+SHAREDLIB=$(SOLIBRARY).$(VERSION)
-+
- #
- # You shouldn't need to edit anything below.
- #
-@@ -50,6 +59,7 @@
- 
- # Standard CFLAGS
- CFLAGS = $(CCOPT) $(INCLS) $(DEFS)
-+CFLAGS_SHARED = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SOLIBRARY).$(MAJ)
- 
- INSTALL = @INSTALL@
- INSTALL_PROGRAM = @INSTALL_PROGRAM@
-@@ -70,6 +80,9 @@
- .c.o:
- 	@rm -f $@
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $(srcdir)/$*.c
-+%_pic.o: %.c
-+	@rm -f $@
-+	$(CC) -fPIC $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $(srcdir)/$*.c
- 
- PSRC =	pcap-@V_PCAP@.c
- FSRC =  fad-@V_FINDALLDEVS@.c
-@@ -84,6 +97,7 @@
- # We would like to say "OBJ = $(SRC:.c=.o)" but Ultrix's make cannot
- # hack the extra indirection
- OBJ =	$(PSRC:.c=.o) $(FSRC:.c=.o) $(CSRC:.c=.o) $(SSRC:.c=.o) $(GENSRC:.c=.o) $(LIBOBJS)
-+OBJ_PIC = $(PSRC:.c=_pic.o) $(FSRC:.c=.o) $(CSRC:.c=_pic.o) $(GENSRC:.c=_pic.o)
- HDR =	pcap.h pcap-int.h pcap-namedb.h pcap-nit.h pcap-pf.h \
- 	ethertype.h gencode.h gnuc.h
- GENHDR = \
-@@ -95,15 +109,22 @@
- TAGFILES = \
- 	$(SRC) $(HDR) $(TAGHDR)
- 
--CLEANFILES = $(OBJ) libpcap.a $(GENSRC) $(GENHDR) lex.yy.c
-+CLEANFILES = $(OBJ) libpcap.a $(GENSRC) $(GENHDR) lex.yy.c libpcap.so*
- 
--all: libpcap.a
-+all: libpcap.a $(SHAREDLIB)
- 
- libpcap.a: $(OBJ)
- 	@rm -f $@
- 	ar rc $@ $(OBJ) $(LIBS)
- 	$(RANLIB) $@
- 
-+$(SHAREDLIB): $(OBJ_PIC)
-+	-@rm -f $@
-+	-@rm -f $(SOLIBRARY) $(SOLIBRARY).$(MAJ)
-+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_SHARED) -o $(SHAREDLIB) $(OBJ_PIC) -lc
-+	ln -s $(SHAREDLIB) $(SOLIBRARY).$(MAJ)
-+	ln -s $(SOLIBRARY).$(MAJ) $(SOLIBRARY)
-+
- shared: libpcap.$(DYEXT)
- 
- #
-@@ -129,6 +150,9 @@
- scanner.o: scanner.c tokdefs.h
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c scanner.c
- 
-+scanner_pic.o: scanner.c tokdefs.h
-+	$(CC) -fPIC $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c scanner.c
-+
- pcap.o: version.h
- 
- tokdefs.h: grammar.c
-@@ -142,9 +166,16 @@
- 	@rm -f $@
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -Dyylval=pcap_lval -c grammar.c
- 
-+grammer_pic.o: grammar.c
-+	@rm -f $@
-+	$(CC) -fPIC $(CFLAGS) -Dyylval=pcap_lval -o $@ -c grammar.c 
-+
- version.o: version.c
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c version.c
- 
-+version_pic.o: version.c
-+	$(CC) -fPIC $(CFLAGS) -c version.c -o $@
-+
- snprintf.o: $(srcdir)/missing/snprintf.c
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $(srcdir)/missing/snprintf.c
- 
-@@ -170,11 +201,17 @@
- bpf_filter.o: bpf_filter.c
- 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c bpf_filter.c
- 
-+bpf_filter_pic.o: bpf_filter.c
-+	$(CC) -fPIC $(CFLAGS) -c bpf_filter.c -o $@
-+
- install: libpcap.a 
- 	[ -d $(DESTDIR)$(libdir) ] || \
- 	    (mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(libdir); chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(libdir))
- 	$(INSTALL_DATA) libpcap.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libpcap.a
- 	$(RANLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libpcap.a
-+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(SHAREDLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/
-+	ln -sf $(SHAREDLIB) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(SOLIBRARY).$(MAJ)
-+	ln -sf $(SOLIBRARY).$(MAJ) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/$(SOLIBRARY)
- 	[ -d $(DESTDIR)$(includedir) ] || \
- 	    (mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(includedir); chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(includedir))
- 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/pcap.h $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/pcap.h
diff --git a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/aclocal.patch b/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.1.1/aclocal.patch
similarity index 66%
rename from meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/aclocal.patch
rename to meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.1.1/aclocal.patch
index 29cd275d58..71fd8b989b 100644
--- a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/aclocal.patch
+++ b/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.1.1/aclocal.patch
@@ -1,16 +1,34 @@
-diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
---- libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4	2007-09-16 01:19:51.000000000 +0200
-+++ libpcap-0.9.7/aclocal.m4	2007-09-16 02:45:52.000000000 +0200
-@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
+diff -ruN libpcap-1.1.1-orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-1.1.1/aclocal.m4
+--- libpcap-1.1.1-orig/aclocal.m4	2010-06-29 10:46:32.815117569 +0800
++++ libpcap-1.1.1/aclocal.m4	2010-06-29 10:49:17.150149949 +0800
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
+ dnl AC_LBL_C_INIT.  Now, we run AC_LBL_C_INIT_BEFORE_CC, AC_PROG_CC,
+ dnl and AC_LBL_C_INIT at the top level.
+ dnl
+-AC_DEFUN(AC_LBL_C_INIT_BEFORE_CC,
++AC_DEFUN([AC_LBL_C_INIT_BEFORE_CC],
+     [AC_PREREQ(2.50)
+     AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_LBL_C_INIT])
+     AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_PROG_CC])
+@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
  dnl	ac_cv_lbl_gcc_vers
  dnl	LBL_CFLAGS
  dnl
 -AC_DEFUN(AC_LBL_C_INIT,
 +AC_DEFUN([AC_LBL_C_INIT],
-     [AC_PREREQ(2.12)
-     AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_PROG_CC])
+     [AC_PREREQ(2.50)
      AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_LBL_FIXINCLUDES])
-@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
+     AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_LBL_DEVEL])
+@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
+ dnl	V_SONAME_OPT
+ dnl	V_RPATH_OPT
+ dnl
+-AC_DEFUN(AC_LBL_SHLIBS_INIT,
++AC_DEFUN([AC_LBL_SHLIBS_INIT],
+     [AC_PREREQ(2.50)
+     if test "$GCC" = yes ; then
+ 	    #
+@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
  # Make sure we use the V_CCOPT flags, because some of those might
  # disable inlining.
  #
@@ -19,25 +37,7 @@ diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
      [AC_MSG_CHECKING(for inline)
      save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
      CFLAGS="$V_CCOPT"
-@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
- dnl	LIBS
- dnl	LBL_LIBS
- dnl
--AC_DEFUN(AC_LBL_LIBPCAP,
-+AC_DEFUN([AC_LBL_LIBPCAP],
-     [AC_REQUIRE([AC_LBL_LIBRARY_NET])
-     dnl
-     dnl save a copy before locating libpcap.a
-@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
- dnl	RETSIGTYPE (defined)
- dnl	RETSIGVAL (defined)
- dnl
--AC_DEFUN(AC_LBL_TYPE_SIGNAL,
-+AC_DEFUN([AC_LBL_TYPE_SIGNAL],
-     [AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_LBL_LIBPCAP])
-     AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
-     if test "$ac_cv_type_signal" = void ; then
-@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
+@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@
  dnl
  dnl	AC_LBL_FIXINCLUDES
  dnl
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
      [if test "$GCC" = yes ; then
  	    AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ANSI ioctl definitions)
  	    AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_lbl_gcc_fixincludes,
-@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@
+@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
  dnl	$2 (yacc appended)
  dnl	$3 (optional flex and bison -P prefix)
  dnl
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
      [AC_ARG_WITH(flex, [  --without-flex          don't use flex])
      AC_ARG_WITH(bison, [  --without-bison         don't use bison])
      if test "$with_flex" = no ; then
-@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
+@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@
  dnl
  dnl	DECLWAITSTATUS (defined)
  dnl
@@ -64,16 +64,16 @@ diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
      [AC_MSG_CHECKING(if union wait is used)
      AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_lbl_union_wait,
  	AC_TRY_COMPILE([
-@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@
+@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
  dnl
  dnl	HAVE_SOCKADDR_SA_LEN (defined)
  dnl
 -AC_DEFUN(AC_LBL_SOCKADDR_SA_LEN,
 +AC_DEFUN([AC_LBL_SOCKADDR_SA_LEN],
-     [AC_MSG_CHECKING(if sockaddr struct has sa_len member)
+     [AC_MSG_CHECKING(if sockaddr struct has the sa_len member)
      AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_lbl_sockaddr_has_sa_len,
  	AC_TRY_COMPILE([
-@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@
+@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
  dnl
  dnl	HAVE_SOCKADDR_STORAGE (defined)
  dnl
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
      [AC_MSG_CHECKING(if sockaddr_storage struct exists)
      AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_lbl_has_sockaddr_storage,
  	AC_TRY_COMPILE([
-@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
+@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
  dnl won't be using code that would use that member, or we wouldn't
  dnl compile in any case).
  dnl
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
      [AC_MSG_CHECKING(if dl_hp_ppa_info_t struct has dl_module_id_1 member)
      AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_lbl_dl_hp_ppa_info_t_has_dl_module_id_1,
  	AC_TRY_COMPILE([
-@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
+@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@
  dnl
  dnl	ac_cv_lbl_have_run_path (yes or no)
  dnl
@@ -100,16 +100,7 @@ diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
      [AC_MSG_CHECKING(for ${CC-cc} -R)
      AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_lbl_have_run_path,
  	[echo 'main(){}' > conftest.c
-@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@
- dnl	int32_t (defined)
- dnl	u_int32_t (defined)
- dnl
--AC_DEFUN(AC_LBL_CHECK_TYPE,
-+AC_DEFUN([AC_LBL_CHECK_TYPE],
-     [AC_MSG_CHECKING(for $1 using $CC)
-     AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_lbl_have_$1,
- 	AC_TRY_COMPILE([
-@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@
+@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@
  dnl
  dnl	LBL_ALIGN (DEFINED)
  dnl
@@ -118,7 +109,7 @@ diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
      [AC_MSG_CHECKING(if unaligned accesses fail)
      AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_lbl_unaligned_fail,
  	[case "$host_cpu" in
-@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@
+@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@
  dnl	HAVE_OS_PROTO_H (defined)
  dnl	os-proto.h (symlinked)
  dnl
@@ -127,7 +118,7 @@ diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
      [rm -f os-proto.h
      if test "${LBL_CFLAGS+set}" = set; then
  	    $1="$$1 ${LBL_CFLAGS}"
-@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
+@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@
  dnl statically and happen to have a libresolv.a lying around (and no
  dnl libnsl.a).
  dnl
@@ -136,7 +127,7 @@ diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
      # Most operating systems have gethostbyname() in the default searched
      # libraries (i.e. libc):
      # Some OSes (eg. Solaris) place it in libnsl
-@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@
+@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@
  dnl Test for __attribute__
  dnl
  
@@ -145,7 +136,7 @@ diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for __attribute__)
  AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv___attribute__, [
  AC_COMPILE_IFELSE(
-@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@
+@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@
  dnl
  dnl -Scott Barron
  dnl
@@ -154,3 +145,21 @@ diff -Naru libpcap-0.9.7.orig/aclocal.m4 libpcap-0.9.7/acinclude.m4
     [AC_MSG_CHECKING(if if_packet.h has tpacket_stats defined)
     AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_lbl_tpacket_stats,
     AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+@@ -976,7 +976,7 @@
+ dnl doesn't have that member (which is OK, as either we won't be using
+ dnl code that would use that member, or we wouldn't compile in any case).
+ dnl
+-AC_DEFUN(AC_LBL_LINUX_TPACKET_AUXDATA_TP_VLAN_TCI,
++AC_DEFUN([AC_LBL_LINUX_TPACKET_AUXDATA_TP_VLAN_TCI],
+     [AC_MSG_CHECKING(if tpacket_auxdata struct has tp_vlan_tci member)
+     AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_lbl_dl_hp_ppa_info_t_has_dl_module_id_1,
+ 	AC_TRY_COMPILE([
+@@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@
+ dnl 
+ dnl 	HAVE_DLPI_PASSIVE (defined)
+ dnl
+-AC_DEFUN(AC_LBL_DL_PASSIVE_REQ_T,
++AC_DEFUN([AC_LBL_DL_PASSIVE_REQ_T],
+         [AC_MSG_CHECKING(if dl_passive_req_t struct exists)
+        AC_CACHE_VAL(ac_cv_lbl_has_dl_passive_req_t,
+                 AC_TRY_COMPILE([
diff --git a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/ieee80215-arphrd.patch b/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.1.1/ieee80215-arphrd.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.0.0/ieee80215-arphrd.patch
rename to meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap-1.1.1/ieee80215-arphrd.patch
diff --git a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap.inc b/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap.inc
index d8f0b2561c..2025d84c0d 100644
--- a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap.inc
+++ b/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap.inc
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "Network Packet Capture Library"
+DESCRIPTION = "Libpcap is a tool to capture network packages on Unix/Linux platform"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.tcpdump.org/"
+BUGTRACKER = "http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=53067&atid=469577"
 SECTION = "libs/network"
 LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=1d4b0366557951c84a94fabe3529f867 \
+                    file://pcap.h;beginline=1;endline=34;md5=8d6cf7e17d5745010d633e30bc529ea9"
 DEPENDS = "flex-native bison-native"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-${PV}.tar.gz"
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ CFLAGS_prepend = "-I${S} "
 CXXFLAGS_prepend = "-I${S} "
 
 do_configure_prepend () {
-	if [ ! -e acinclude.m4 ]; then
-		cat aclocal.m4 > acinclude.m4
-	fi
+    if [ ! -e acinclude.m4 ]; then
+        cat aclocal.m4 > acinclude.m4
+    fi
 }
diff --git a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap_1.0.0.bb b/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap_1.0.0.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index edd9706b1e..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap_1.0.0.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-require libpcap.inc
-
-PR = "r0"
-
-SRC_URI += "file://config-fixes.patch;patch=1 \
-            file://aclocal.patch;patch=1 \
-            file://ieee80215-arphrd.patch;patch=1 \
-            file://ldflags.patch;patch=1"
-
-#
-# make install doesn't cover the shared lib
-# make install-shared is just broken (no symlinks)
-#
-do_install_prepend () {
-	install -d ${D}${libdir}
-	install -d ${D}${bindir}
-	oe_runmake install-shared DESTDIR=${D}
-	oe_libinstall -a -so libpcap ${D}${libdir}
-}
diff --git a/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap_1.1.1.bb b/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap_1.1.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58ab5e6c95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/libpcap/libpcap_1.1.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require libpcap.inc
+
+PR = "r0"
+
+SRC_URI += "file://aclocal.patch \
+            file://ieee80215-arphrd.patch"
+
+#
+# make install doesn't cover the shared lib
+# make install-shared is just broken (no symlinks)
+#
+do_install_prepend () {
+    install -d ${D}${libdir}
+    install -d ${D}${bindir}
+    oe_runmake install-shared DESTDIR=${D}
+    oe_libinstall -a -so libpcap ${D}${libdir}
+}