Re: Wireshark no longer builds on SuSE 11.3

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws () gmail com>]

Wireshark hasn't compiled on RHEL 5 for a while anyway...  Or at least the
UI hasn't.

On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 7:47 AM, Roland Knall <rknall () gmail com> wrote:

> I was hoping to say, let's drop SuSE 11.3, as SuSE 11.4 has glib version
> 2.28, which includes the function. Also ReadHat 5 drops support by the end
> of next month. But SLES still supports it until 2019.
>
> As for the convenience method, I would not provide a compatibility header,
> as this would require additional checks and defines. Just hardcode the
> functionality in this case, although it seems to be a burden. An utility
> function which masks the compatibility could also be a possible solution.
> In extcap I came across this issue quite some time, and most of the time I
> ended up hardcoding the functionality.
>
> regards
> Roland
>
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Peter Wu <peter () lekensteyn nl> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 12:14:24PM +0000, Anders Broman wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > Wireshark no longer builds on SuSE 11.3
> > >
> > > home/ericsson/ewireshark/trunk/filter_files.c:104: undefined reference
> > to `g_list_free_full'
> > > /home/ericsson/ewireshark/trunk/filter_files.c:105: undefined
> > reference to `g_list_free_full'
> > > /home/ericsson/ewireshark/trunk/filter_files.c:106: undefined
> > reference to `g_list_free_full'
> > > /home/ericsson/ewireshark/trunk/filter_files.c:107: undefined
> > reference to `g_list_free_full'
> > > ui/gtk/libgtkui.a(dfilter_expr_dlg.o): In function `value_list_sel_cb':
> > > /home/ericsson/ewireshark/trunk/ui/gtk/dfilter_expr_dlg.c:625:
> > undefined reference to `g_list_free_full'
> >
> > This function is very useful and open-coded many times, should we
> > provide a compatibility header for older GLib?
> > --
> > Kind regards,
> > Peter Wu
> > https://lekensteyn.nl
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