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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 4726] New: Error "File COPYING" not found when showing Wir

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 04:04:32 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4726

           Summary: Error "File COPYING" not found when showing
                    Wireshark's About dialog
           Product: Wireshark
           Version: SVN
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Trivial
          Priority: Low
         Component: Wireshark
        AssignedTo: wireshark-bugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: Michael.Speck@xxxxxxx


Build Information:
Version 1.3.5-AVL (SVN Rev 32594 from /trunk)

Copyright 1998-2010 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and contributors.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled with GTK+ 2.16.6, (32-bit) with GLib 2.22.4, with WinPcap (version
unknown), with libz 1.2.3, without POSIX capabilities, with libpcre 7.0, with
SMI 0.4.8, with c-ares 1.7.1, with Lua 5.1, without Python, with GnuTLS 2.8.5,
with Gcrypt 1.4.5, with MIT Kerberos, with GeoIP, with PortAudio V19-devel
(built Apr 29 2010), with AirPcap, with new_packet_list.

Running on Windows XP Service Pack 3, build 2600, with WinPcap version 4.1.1
(packet.dll version 4.1.0.1753), based on libpcap version 1.0 branch 1_0_rel0b
(20091008), GnuTLS 2.8.5, Gcrypt 1.4.5, without AirPcap.

Built using Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 build 21022
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If "Help -> About Wireshark" is selected from Wireshark's main menu an error
message pops up:

    >> Could not open file
"<DevelopmentPath>\Wireshark_Source\wireshark-gtk2\COPYING": No such file or
directory <<


I guess this was introduced in revision 32440:

> Rename README.win32 to README.windows and add a 64-bit download link.
> 
> Add tools/textify.sh, which makes a Notepad-clickable copy of a text
> file. Use it for COPYING, NEWS, README, README.windows, and help/*.txt.
> 
> Remove tools/unix2dos.pl and use Cygwin's u2d instead.

when file COPYING became COPYING.txt on Windows systems.

The attached patch handles this situation by looking for COPYING.txt instead of
COPYING on windows systems.

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