Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Wireshark exiting while calling the plugin in 0.99.8

From: Stephen Fisher <stephentfisher@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 10:19:08 -0700

On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 03:21:41AM -0800, Kumar A wrote:

> I had created a plugin dissector with wireshark 0.99.6, which worked 
> fine. But the same plugin didn't work with 0.99.8. I recompiled it 
> with 0.99.8 version.
> The problem now is even though the plugin works fine in my pc where I 
> have actually set up the wireshark built enviornment, but same plugin 
> fails when installed on a different pc. On selecting 'decode as 
> myplugin', wireshark just hangs and exits. Any hints, what can be the 
> dependency ?

Are you copying it to other 0.99.8 installations?  A difference in 
compilers might be the cause here (I'm no expert with the Windows 
builds).  The downloaded Wireshark version is build with Microsoft 
Visual C++ 6.0.  What version are you using in your build environment?


Steve