Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] mix of c and C++

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>]

Stephen Fisher wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 08:23:51AM +0200, Helge Kruse wrote:
>
> > @all: What is the sense behind the HAVE_CONFIG_H if I need it anyway?
>
> config.h is only used on Unix, so only Unix builds need to include it.  
> Things like HAVE_LIBPCAP are defined in there according to the configure 
> script's results, which various Wireshark source files can use to 
> include/exclude code specific to certain optional features such as 
> libpcap or adns/libsmi/c-ares/etc.

Hmmm, Windows uses it too: the used version is built from the 
source-controlled "config.h.win32" file.