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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Custom Plugin Protocol not showing in new version

Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:24:49 -0400
I have not try recompiling yet. I will. Thank you for your reply.
> 
> From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2007/07/17 Tue PM 06:22:38 EDT
> To: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Custom Plugin Protocol not showing
> 	in	new	version
> 
> 
> On Jul 17, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Stephen Fisher wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 03:09:11PM -0500, Chad Hastings wrote:
> >
> >> I have a custom protocol plugin that was working fine in 99.5, but in
> >> 99.6 the protocol column does not show the correct name. It only  
> >> shows
> >> UDP or TCP where as before it had my custom name (AAA and BBB not  
> >> that
> >> it matters).  It still dissects fine, and the filter works, but the
> >> protocol column is wrong. Anyone else having this trouble?
> >
> > Did you recompile your plug-in with 0.99.6 sources?
> ...and re-install it in the 0.99.6 directory?  Currently, the ABIs for  
> plugins are *NOT* stable, and may change from release to release, so
> 	1) plugins are searched for in a directory containing the version  
> numbers, so that plugins built and installed for versions other than  
> the running version are *not* seen (i.e., that's by design and intent);
> 	2) you have to recompile your plugin with every release.
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