Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] SIGSEGV while "Match Selected"

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 14:55:19 -0700
> ** ERROR **: file ../ethereal/packet-sna.c: line 709 (dissect_fid4): assertion failed: (offset+8 == 26)
> aborting...

Hmm.

That assertion is

	g_assert(offset+8 == 26);

However, I think "offset" is the offset from the beginning of the frame,
which means that it's not guaranteed to be the same for all link-layer
types.

I don't know if that's the cause of the crashes you saw, however.