Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Integrating a CORBA dissector

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Benjamin,

What this tool does is create a dissector module for you. So the resulting 
file, called packet-YourProtocolName.c, goes into epan/dissectors in your 
wirehshark build tree. The referenced Makefiles are also in that directory.
Put the name of your dissector in between the others and have a go again.

Note: the documentation really needs an update. Maybe you could contribute?

Thanx,
Jaap

Ben B. wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> At the moment I am trying to integrate a CORBA dissector.
>
> Using the instructions at
> http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/AppToolsidl2wrs.html I
> produced a C file from the IDL.
>
> The next step is to build Wireshark with the new C file integrated.
> Here the instructions read:
> edit Makefile.am
> edit Makefile.nmake
>
> Being on Linux, I don't care about Makefile.nmake. Still, I do not
> manage to integrate my new file into Makefile.am ... after all, it has
> around 820 lines in version 0.99.6.
>
> This is the diff for Makefile.am:
>
> Index: Makefile.am
> ===================================================================
> --- Makefile.am (revision 24562)
> +++ Makefile.am (working copy)
> @@ -280,6 +280,7 @@
>         $(wireshark_optional_objects)   \
>         gtk/libui.a                     \
>         codecs/libcodec.a               \
> +       myInterface.a           \
>         wiretap/libwiretap.la           \
>         epan/libwireshark.la            \
>         @INET_PTON_LO@                  \
> @@ -301,6 +302,7 @@
>  # Libraries and plugin flags with which to link tshark.
>  tshark_LDADD = \
>         $(wireshark_optional_objects)   \
> +       myInterface.la          \
>         wiretap/libwiretap.la           \
>         epan/libwireshark.la            \
>         @INET_PTON_LO@                  \
> @@ -324,21 +326,25 @@
>
>  # Libraries with which to link mergecap.
>  mergecap_LDADD = \
> +       myInterface.la          \
>         wiretap/libwiretap.la           \
>         @GLIB_LIBS@
>
>  # Libraries with which to link capinfos.
>  capinfos_LDADD = \
> +       myInterface.la          \
>         wiretap/libwiretap.la           \
>         @GLIB_LIBS@
>
>  # Libraries with which to link editcap.
>  editcap_LDADD = \
> +       myInterface.la          \
>         wiretap/libwiretap.la           \
>         @GLIB_LIBS@
>
>  # Libraries with which to link randpkt.
>  randpkt_LDADD = \
> +       myInterface.la          \
>         wiretap/libwiretap.la           \
>         @GLIB_LIBS@ -lm                 \
>         @PCAP_LIBS@ @SOCKET_LIBS@ @NSL_LIBS@ @ADNS_LIBS@
> @@ -346,6 +352,7 @@
>  # Libraries and plugin flags with which to link dftest.
>  dftest_LDADD = \
>         $(wireshark_optional_objects)   \
> +       myInterface.la          \
>         wiretap/libwiretap.la           \
>         epan/libwireshark.la            \
>         @SNMP_LIBS@ @SSL_LIBS@          \
> @@ -359,6 +366,7 @@
>
>  # Libraries with which to link dumpcap.
>  dumpcap_LDADD = \
> +       myInterface.la          \
>         wiretap/libwiretap.la           \
>         @INET_NTOP_LO@                  \
>         @GLIB_LIBS@                     \
>
>
>
> This is the error message that I get when building:
>
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `myInterface.a', needed by
> `wireshark'.  Stop.
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/wireshark/wireshark-0.99.6'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/wireshark/wireshark-0.99.6'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
>
>
>
> Cheers, thanks for ideas ...
> Benjamin