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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] ERROR:packet.c:1531:heur_dissector_add: assertion failed: (s

From: Roland Knall <rknall@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 12:45:51 +0100
You're right of course.

Regarding the issue, I checked again, it has already been fixed for
1.6.3 and the current trunk-1.6 . Had an older revision checked out.
Sorry for the mix-up

regards,
Roland

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> @Roland
>
> Well, he didn't provide much context, so him writing to -dev leaded me to
> believe he's hacking himself.
> We just won't know until he tells us.
>
> PS: what's the bug number for the bugzilla entry regarding this issue?
>
> Thanks,
> Jaap
>
> On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 12:28:23 +0100, Roland Knall wrote:
>
>> @Jaap
>>
>> Normally I would agree, but if you are using 1.6.x and wireshark can
>> not find it's plug-ins, the message can be thrown by the openSAFETY
>> dissector. It is fixed in svn, and the fix for 1.6.x is waiting in
>> bugzilla.
>>
>> regards,
>> Roland
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Jaap Keuter wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, It's a test that find_heur_dissector_list(name) returns a valid
>>> list. In this case it returns NULL: you try to add to a subdissector
>>> list which doesn't exist. You need to setup the subdissector list
>>> before adding to it. Note that display filter fields do NOT
>>> automagically become a subdissector list. These are separate
>>> namespaces. Thanks, Jaap On Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:11:31 +0100, Marcel
>>> Haas wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey If i want to start wireshark i am geting a failur :
>>>> ERROR:packet.c:1531:heur_dissector_add: assertion failed:
>>>> (sub_dissectors != NULL) Aborted Somebody know how to fix it ?
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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