Hi,
I found a little problem on ethereal in the plugin management. I
enclosed
a little patch to correct this:
If you don't have the std_plug_dir AND local_plug_dir the code didn't
check the PLUGIN_DIR (from config.h created by the configure stuff). I
saw
the problem because I didn't installed in the default directories:
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*** ethereal-0.8.3/plugins.c.orig Thu Feb 3 07:35:41 2000
--- ethereal-0.8.3/plugins.c Thu Feb 3 07:40:23 2000
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*** 435,450 ****
if ((strcmp(std_plug_dir, PLUGIN_DIR) != 0) &&
(strcmp(local_plug_dir, PLUGIN_DIR) != 0))
{
! if (stat(std_plug_dir, &std_dir_stat) == 0 &&
! stat(local_plug_dir, &local_dir_stat) == 0 &&
! stat(PLUGIN_DIR, &plugin_dir_stat) == 0)
{
! /* check if PLUGIN_DIR is really different from std_dir
and local_dir */
! if ((plugin_dir_stat.st_dev != std_dir_stat.st_dev ||
! plugin_dir_stat.st_ino != std_dir_stat.st_ino) &&
! (plugin_dir_stat.st_dev != local_dir_stat.st_dev ||
! plugin_dir_stat.st_ino != local_dir_stat.st_ino))
plugins_scan_dir(PLUGIN_DIR);
}
}
if (!user_plug_dir)
--- 435,464 ----
if ((strcmp(std_plug_dir, PLUGIN_DIR) != 0) &&
(strcmp(local_plug_dir, PLUGIN_DIR) != 0))
{
! if (stat(PLUGIN_DIR, &plugin_dir_stat) == 0)
{
! /* check if PLUGIN_DIR is really different from std_dir
and local_dir if they exist ! */
! if (stat(std_plug_dir, &std_dir_stat) == 0)
! {
! if (stat(local_plug_dir, &local_dir_stat) == 0)
! {
! if ((plugin_dir_stat.st_dev !=
std_dir_stat.st_dev ||
! plugin_dir_stat.st_ino !=
std_dir_stat.st_ino) &&
! (plugin_dir_stat.st_dev !=
local_dir_stat.st_dev ||
! plugin_dir_stat.st_ino !=
local_dir_stat.st_ino))
! plugins_scan_dir(PLUGIN_DIR);
! }
! else
! {
! if ((plugin_dir_stat.st_dev !=
std_dir_stat.st_dev ||
! plugin_dir_stat.st_ino !=
std_dir_stat.st_ino))
! plugins_scan_dir(PLUGIN_DIR);
! }
! }
! else
! {
plugins_scan_dir(PLUGIN_DIR);
+ }
}
}
if (!user_plug_dir)
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Hope it will help !
PS:
% uname -sr
SunOS 5.5.1
% gtk-config --version
1.2.6
% ethereal -v
ethereal 0.8.3, with GTK+ 1.2.6, with libpcap 0.4, with libz 1.1.3,
without SNMP
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| Eric Lassauge |
| MATRA MARCONI SPACE / DATUS SUD-OUEST |
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| lassauge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| ros_at1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
| http://perso.libertysurf.fr/lassauge/ |
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