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Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 7380] Only use Hosts file or Address Resolution block for

Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:33:09 -0700 (PDT)
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7380

--- Comment #16 from Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2012-10-15 09:33:08 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #14)
> Added a preference as to how hosts file shoule be handled, the drawback is that
> wireshark needs to be restarted when switching profiles for the new host file
> settings to take effect. We'd probably need a function to flush and reload
> address information which might require rereading of the capture file to reload
> information from the addres resolution block.

This behavior changed slightly in r45511. We now use seasonal allocation for
resolution information and re-read hosts files each time you close and open a
capture file.

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