Re: Where to put my wiretap plugin?

[João Valverde <joao.valverde () tecnico ulisboa pt>]

On 18-01-2018 16:46, Jaap Keuter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As a follow up I’ve been trying to get the wiretap plugin going. It’s sources are setup in the proper location and when 
> build it’s reported in the About Wireshark dialog and tshark -G plugins output as a ‘file type’ plugin. So far so good.
> However there’s a difference between the autotools vs. cmake build. Even though that both builds show the plugin loaded in 
> the About Wireshark dialog the build with autotools refuses to recognise the file type, while the cmake build does accept it. 
> Some instrumentation shows that in the autotools build the wtap_register_<file type> is never called, while in the 
> cmake build it is. How can it show up in the plugin list, while not being registered? What influence does the build 
> environment have here?

If the plugin is loaded I don't see how the build system could have any 
influence either.

> Thanks,
> Jaap
>
> > On 16 Jan 2018, at 15:32, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl> wrote:
> >
> > Hi João,
> >
> > Thanks, I’ll reconfigure my work space accordingly and see what I can come up with.
> > Once it’s ready I should be able to push a nice example.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jaap
> >
> >
> > > On 16 Jan 2018, at 15:27, João Valverde <joao.valverde () tecnico ulisboa pt> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Jaap,
> > >
> > > Yes, that's correct, it should go in plugins/wiretap.
> > >
> > > Let me know if you have any issues.
> > >
> > > On 16-01-2018 14:25, Jaap Keuter wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > > With the recent change of dissector plugin location (/plugins => /plugins/epan) I assume that my wiretap plugin has to 
> > > > go in /plugins/wiretap ?
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Jaap
>
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