Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] write plugin following README.plugins

[Armin Wasicek <armin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> It is not the purpose of README.plugin to describe how to compile
> wireshark from svn.
>   
What's its purpose then?

Let me quote the file's section 4, which says

./configure --prefix=${HOME}/build/root;make install

Just adding one line before ("./autogen.sh"), could help someone, that's 
all I'm saying.


> In fact, there is a good developer manual on the web which is a 'HowTo
> develop in wireshark' and even how to compile wireshark from the svn.
>
> (automake 1.6.3 is working perfectly)
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sebastien Tandel
>
> Armin Wasicek wrote:
>   
> > Now I ran "./autogen.sh" followed by "./configure", which generated a 
> > Makefile for my plugin. Currently I am compiling the stuff..
> >
> > Thanks for helping!
> >
> > I suggest to add two points to the README.plugin file, which I found a 
> > little hard to figure out:
> >
> >  * use of a current (>=1.9) version of automake
> >  * execute ./autogen.sh followed by ./configure
> >
> > Cheers, Armin
> >
> >
> > Joerg Mayer wrote:
> >   
> >     
> > > On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 12:32:44PM +0100, Armin Wasicek wrote:
> > >   
> > >     
> > >       
> > > > Nope, I checked back. I also installed the latest version of automake 
> > > > and autoconf.
> > > >     
> > > >       
> > > >         
> > > Please send the output of ./autogen.sh and, if the above step worked,
> > > the output of ./configure .... to this list.
> > >
> > >  Ciao
> > >       Joerg
> > >   
> > >     
> > >       
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