Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Wireshark-commits] rev 45212: /trunk/ui/gtk/ /trunk/ui/gtk/
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From: Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:48:52 -0400
On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Maynard, Chris
<Christopher.Maynard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Evan,
> I finally got around to applying/testing your patch on Windows XP SP3 32-bit.  As expected, Wireshark continues to capture just fine.
>
> The relevant code in gui_utils and tshark are very similar indeed, but there are some differences, so I'm not sure if they could be combined or not.
>
> But as Guy pointed out in a subsequent response, perhaps pipes no longer need to be handled any differently on Windows anymore and we no longer need to wait for exit status?  In truth, I haven't looked at this code too much and it's not really an area I'm too comfortable digging into right now.

Frankly, me neither, especially since it's all Windows-specific and I
still haven't set up my old Windows VM for development. I've filed a
low-priority bug (#7847) so it doesn't get absolutely forgotten, but
I'm not too inclined to go stirring up trouble at this point.

Evan