Document the new API's, move a bunch of information about libpcap

concepts to the pcap(3PCAP) man page, refer people to the pcap(3PCAP)
man page from the man pages for libpcap functions, and clean up some
errors.

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+.\" @(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/pcap_create.3pcap,v 1.1 2008-04-06 02:53:21 guy Exp $
+.\"
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+.\"
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+.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
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+.\"
+.TH PCAP_CREATE 3PCAP "5 April 2008"
+.SH NAME
+pcap_create \- create a live capture handle
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.nf
+.ft B
+#include <pcap/pcap.h>
+.ft
+.LP
+.nf
+.ft B
+char errbuf[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE];
+.ft
+.LP
+.ft B
+pcap_t *pcap_create(const char *source, char *errbuf);
+.ft
+.fi
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B pcap_create()
+is used to create a packet capture handle to look
+at packets on the network.
+.I source
+is a string that specifies the network device to open; on Linux systems
+with 2.2 or later kernels, a
+.I source
+argument of "any" or
+.B NULL
+can be used to capture packets from all interfaces.
+.PP
+The returned handle must be activated with
+.B pcap_activate()
+before packets can be captured
+with it; options for the capture, such as promiscuous mode, can be set
+on the handle before activating it.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+.B pcap_create()
+returns a
+.I pcap_t *
+on success and
+.B NULL
+on failure.
+If
+.B NULL
+is returned,
+.I errbuf
+is filled in with an appropriate error message.
+.I errbuf
+is assumed to be able to hold at least
+.B PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE
+chars.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+pcap(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP)