Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] newbie question

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From: Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 16:16:33 -0500
On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 01:58:07PM -0500, Jeff Jahr wrote:
> 
> 
> I added these exact changes to support PPPoE decoding.  I dont parse all
> of the LCP, IPCP, etc. options yet, but it wouldnt be too hard for someone
> to add them in once my changes are somewhere other than just my local
> fileserver.
> 
> I did use cvs to pull down my copy of the source, but having never used
> cvs before that, I have no idea how to send my changes back.  Could
> someone point us newbies to the 'submission instructions' page?

The best thing to do is to post a diff to ethereal-dev. I personally
prefer unified diffs (diff -u), as I find them easier to read. You can
use cvs's diff option. In my ~/.cvsrc file I put this line:

diff -u

so that 'cvs diff' will create unified diffs.

Then from your ethereal working directory, type:

cvs diff > whatever.diff

That creates a diff of what you have in your working directory and
what's in cvs. Then attach your diff to an e-mail.

--gilbert