Hi!
I am attempting to add a built-in dissector to wireshark (version
0.99.6) on linux, and it appears that the build system is not processing
(i.e.: putting references to the source into the Makefiles) the new
dissector. The dissector code was originally written and works in
ethereal-0.10.11. I am guessing that there is a step that I missed in
setting up the build files. Can anyone tell me what I missed?
Here's what I did, and what I see:
(1) Copy packet-pp.c (the dissector) into epan/dissectors.
(2) Edit Makefile.common and add it to the DISSECTOR_SRC macro. (Yes,
There are tabs before and after the packet-pp.c text. No, there is no
associated *.h file):
# the dissector sources (without any helpers)
DISSECTOR_SRC = \
packet-bacapp.c \
packet-pp.c \
packet-cops.c \
packet-diameter.c \
packet-ipsec.c \
packet-isup.c \
packet-k12.c \
packet-nbd.c \
packet-sccp.c \
packet-scsi-osd.c \
packet-sctp.c \
packet-ssl-utils.c \
packet-user_encap.c
(3) Ran configure (no options) at the top level.
(4) I notice that epan/dissector/Makefile was built. It does NOT have
packet.c in it, although all of the other dissectors are present in the
file. Here is one excerpt from the Makefile - notice that packet-ss.c is
NOT in this list!
# the dissector sources (without any helpers)
DISSECTOR_SRC = \
packet-bacapp.c \
packet-cops.c \
packet-diameter.c \
packet-ipsec.c \
packet-isup.c \
packet-k12.c \
packet-nbd.c \
packet-sccp.c \
packet-scsi-osd.c \
packet-sctp.c \
packet-ssl-utils.c \
packet-user_encap.c
(5) Note that wireshark built and runs normally, except that it doesnt
have the new protocol dissector.
Thanks in Advance!
*** Doug
