Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Problems in compiling 0.10.5 on Windows

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Michael Tuexen wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I have a problem in compiling ethereal-0.10.5 on Windows.
> The files wiretap/ascend-scanner.c and epan/dfilter/scanner.c
> are included in the tarball and include some #include <unistd.h>
> statements. The compilation fails on windows. 

It might be a good idea to supply the error messages to make your 
problems understandable, as always :-(

> However, the
> files can be generated from the corresponding *.l files and

I don't think that .l files will be generated by a typical MSVC environment.

> then do include the #include<unistd.h> commands, but inside
> #ifndef _WIN32
>
> Downloading the tarball, deleting the two .c files above, and
> compiling works.
>
> So why are the two .c files included in the tarball?

It may compile in your specific environment...

Regards, ULFL