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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Wireshark 1.6.1 release notes question regarding libsmi

From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:40:29 -0700
On 7/19/11 11:26 AM, Chris Maynard wrote:
> I was reading the 1.6.1 release notes from
> http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.1.html, and noticed the
> following under "Known Problems":
> 
> The 64-bit Windows installer does not ship with libsmi. (Win64 development page) 
> 
> Is this still applicable?  I'm still working on 32-bit Windows, so I don't know
> for certain, but I seem to recall someone compiling libsmi for Windows 64-bit. 
> Plus, it is mentioned as supported under
> http://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/Win64 and it's available in the latest
> packages directory here:
> http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark-win64-libs/tags/2011-06-27/packages/

That's still the case for 1.6. I updated libsmi in the trunk (including
adding a 64-bit version) a few weeks ago but it's based on an unreleased
version of libsmi.


> Also under "Known Problems" is this:
> 
> Character echo pauses in Capture Filter field in Capture Options. (Bug 5356) 
> 
> ... yet that same item is also listed under the "Bug Fixes section.

Fixed in r38126.