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Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re: [Ethereal-cvs] cvs commit: ethereal/plugins plugin_api_li

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From: Noah Misch <noah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:41:00 -0700
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:59:14AM -0700, Guy Harris wrote:
> Tomas Kukosa said:
> > It is necessary to update the plugin_api.h file too.
> > Without that change it can not be compiled on Windows.
> 
> Checked in.
> 
> Are we ready to build libethereal.dll, and install it, on Windows, and get
> rid of the plugin API table stuff, so that we only have to update
> epan/libethereal.def when a new function has to be exported to plugins?

That would work for me.

If removing the plugin API table is the goal, one could also just export the
required symbols from ethereal.exe.