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Ethereal-dev: Thanks: [Ethereal-dev] The Makefile problem: how to compile newlyaddeddissector

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From: "Wei Li (Michael)" <mich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 16:46:31 -0500
Thanks for you all. It works now. I appreciate it very mcuh.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Tuexen" <Michael.Tuexen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ethereal development" <ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 5:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] The Makefile problem: how to compile
newlyaddeddissector


> Hi Michael,
>
> after modifying any Makefile stuff you must run autogen.sh
> in the top directory. After that you need configure and make.
>
> Best regards
> Michael
>
> On Apr 9, 2004, at 10:57 PM, Wei Li (Michael) wrote:
>
> > I tried with 0.10.3, but the new dissector is still not compiled.
> > That's
> > what I do:
> > 1. add the new dissector packet-xxx.c into the top directory.
> > 2. add "../packet-xxx.c" into "DISSECTOR_SRC" macro in the
> > "epan/Makefile.common" file.
> > 3. Stay in "epan" directory, type "make", no packet-xxx.o genereated.
> >
> > I don't have a "packet-xxx.h" file, so there is no need to anything
> > else,
> > right?
> > What's wrong?
> > Thanks!
> >
> >>> I tried to incorporate a new dissector into ethereal (0.10.2) and
> >>> build it all.  As instructed, I updated the Makefile.common in the
> >>> top
> >>> directory.  However, the makefile does not recognize my new dissector
> >>> file and left it uncompiled.
> >>
> >> I forget what the answer was for 0.10.2, but the current version is
> >> 0.10.3 - and, in that version, you'd add it to the "DISSECTOR_SRC"
> >> macro
> >> in the "epan/Makefile.common" file (and put "../" in front of the
> >> dissector name, as is done for the names already there).
> >>
> >
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