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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] How to change the version string

From: "Martin d'Anjou" <martin.danjou@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:14:58 -0500 (EST)
What is the right place to change the version string?
Then, run "perl make-version.pl -p". This will update config.nmake and
configure.in with your package name modifications.

What if it is not on an SVN build? Can set

AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(wireshark,1.0.4-mypatch-blah-blah)?

Sure. (Assuming you're not on Windows, which uses config.nmake)

That did not work:
$ make clean distclean
$ ./configure && make -j 4 && make install
$ grep AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE configure.in
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(wiresharkAAA, 1.0.4-mypatch-blah-blah)
$ wireshark -v
wireshark 1.0.4

Copyright ...

Compiled with GTK+ 2.4.13, with GLib 2.4.7, with libpcap 0.8.3, with libz 1.2.1.2, with POSIX capabilities (Linux), without libpcre, without SMI, without ADNS, without Lua, with GnuTLS 2.6.0, with Gcrypt 1.4.3, without Kerberos, without PortAudio, without AirPcap. NOTE: this build doesn't support the "matches" operator for Wireshark filter syntax.

Running on Linux 2.6.9-78.0.5.ELsmp, with libpcap version 0.8.3.

Built using gcc 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-10).
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I am kind of puzzled.

Martin