Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Upgraded wireshark to 1.2.6 but now old pcapfiles cannot b
Hi,
This is a follow up regarding the MacPorts Wireshark/Zlib problem.
The problem appears to have been solved with the appearance of
zlib 1.2.5 in MacPorts. I have just built wireshark-devel (version
1.3.4) and everything appears to be working correctly (capinfos
no longer complains about invalid cap files and wireshark opens
them without problems).
Regards,
jpo
On 2010-03-25 18:55, Kok-Yong Tan wrote:
> On Mar 24, 2010, at 13:31, Kok-Yong Tan wrote:
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> Okay, confirmed: The problem is with using zlib 1.2.4 with wireshark
> 1.2.6 on Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard. If wireshark 1.2.6 on
> Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard is rebuilt under MacPorts to use the
> zlib 1.2.3 libraries, all my earlier problems with opening prior
> capture files in wireshark as well as making new captures (not just
> storing new captures) just vanish.
>
> Building wireshark under MacPorts is pretty simple. Just follow this
> procedure:
>
> 1. Download and install the appropriate version of Xcode for your OS
> version from Apple's developer site;
>
> 2. Download and install the initial MacPorts 1.8.2 standard Apple
> installer from <http://www.macports.org>;
>
> 3. Type "sudo port selfupdate" if you want to be anal (I always am);
>
> 4. Type "sudo port install wireshark"
>
> and that's it but that gives you wireshark 1.2.6 with the zlib 1.2.4
> package. To get wireshark to use the older zlib 1.2.3 package, you
> just have to follow the instructions here: <http://trac.macports.org/
> wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort> precisely. Then deactivate, clean
> and install the wireshark package again but this time do "sudo port -
> n install wireshark" (disregarding the man page so it doesn't go out
> and re-download the latest zlib 1.2.4 package. The reason for
> installing wireshark and then re-installing it again with the -n
> switch is to ensure that all other packages it depends on are the
> latest and greatest before backing out the zlib package from 1.2.4 to
> 1.2.3 to do the reinstall.
>
> Hope this helps someone out there in the same boat.
> --
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José Pedro Oliveira
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