Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Windows only builds plugins if ENABLE_LIBETHEREAL defined

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From: Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 10:41:38 +0200
Neil Piercy wrote:

> It looks like the recent plugins API changes have stopped the use of
> plugins under Windows unless ENABLE_LIBETHEREAL=USE is defined in
> config.nmake, as the plugins makefiles now have all the "normal"
> targets enclosed by "!IFDEF ENABLE_LIBETHEREAL" - is this deliberate
> ?  If not, any clues what the correct targets are for the plugin DLLs
> now the plugin_api.? files have gone ?
>
> TIA,
> Neil
> (Neil[AT]littlebriars.co.uk - not subscribed: please reply directly)
>
>
I'm not the person made it, but as I remember these changes were caused
by constant maintaining trouble of the plugin_api stuff. So yes, these
changes were intended, the files were removed permanently.

Is there any problem for you?

Regards, ULFL