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Re: Extcap version
From: Roland Knall <rknall () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 11:32:19 +0100
That is an early design flaw - still going strong to that very day. It stems from the fact, that the version query was introduced later on, and the interface list query basically covered that as well. Additionally, parsed extcap interfaces where not parsed on a tool (meaning executable) level, but rather on a per-interface level. That resulted in the fact, that there was no storage in place for saving the version after parsing, except in extcap_interface. extcap_tools is rather new to this concert (merged last week) and so the version moved there. But I am in the process of restructuring extcap_interface, and in that process I clean up a bit more. In the meantime, when in doubt, extcap_info->version is the one read by the overall system. regards Roland On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Dario Lombardo < dario.lombardo.ml () gmail com> wrote:
Hi In extcap structs I've found 2 entries for "version". In typedef struct _extcap_interface { gchar * call; gchar * display; gchar * version; gchar * help; gchar * extcap_path; extcap_sentence_type if_type; } extcap_interface; and typedef struct _extcap_info { gchar * basename; gchar * full_path; gchar * version; GList * interfaces; } extcap_info; Is that intentional? While I get the reason for version in extcap info, I don't get it for interface. Moreover, extcap tools show global version but not version in interface extcap {version=1.0.0}{help=file:///usr/local/share/wireshark/ ciscodump.html} interface {value=cisco}{display=Cisco remote capture} extcap {version=0.1.0}{help=file:///usr/local/share/wireshark/ randpktdump.html} interface {value=randpkt}{display=Random packet generator} extcap {version=1.0.0}{help=file:///usr/local/share/wireshark/ sshdump.html} interface {value=ssh}{display=SSH remote capture} extcap {version=0.1.0}{help=file:///usr/local/share/wireshark/ udpdump.html} interface {value=udpdump}{display=UDP Listener remote capture} What is it for? ____________________________________________________________ _______________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject= unsubscribe
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