Re: Overriding a builtin dissector

[Roland Knall <rknall () gmail com>]

And I think this would be the case here, with new formats, if nothing else changes

Regards
Roland

> Am 25.04.2018 um 18:05 schrieb Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com>:
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> > On 25 April 2018 at 16:51, Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin () gmail com> wrote:
> > Hi Jason,
> >
> > 2018-04-25 17:40 GMT+02:00 Jason Cohen <kryojenik2 () gmail com>:
> > > I've already asked some of this privately, but submitting to the full list for archival as well.
> > >
> > > Is there a way or any thoughts of being able to override an existing, built-in dissector?
> >
> > You can deactivate a builtin dissector via the Analyze -> Enabled Protocols window if required.
> >  
> > > The specific case in point being the f5ethtrailer dissector recently was included as a built-in.  Would it be 
> > > possible to offer a plugin that "replaced" the existing dissector to support the new formats?  What is Wiresharks 
> > > policy on submitted updates to protocol dissectors?  Would changes go out in the next minor / maint release, or 
> > > would they have to wait for a major relase?
> >
> > Once you have deactivated the builtin plugin, you can have a plugin doing the dissection instead. It would probably 
> > require another protocol short name and filter name though to avoid any collision.
> > Only bugfixes go in stable branches, per our policy https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/ReleasePolicy. So any 
> > addition submitted would be part of the next major release.
>
> There is a bit of a grey area here, if the updated protocol is in active use in the wild, updates to the dissector 
> could be done in the current release by squinting hard and calling them bugfixes.  This has been done in the past.
>
> -- 
> Graham Bloice
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