Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] ethereal.conf vs. preferences

[Graeme Hewson <ghewson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Graeme Hewson wrote:

> However, I'd like to see the same name for the local and global files 
> too.  These days, the global files are typically in 
> /usr/local/share/ethereal, so I don't think Guy's comment is valid any 
> more.  For compatibility, if ethereal.conf is present in the global 
> directory it would be used, and if both ethereal.conf and preferences 
> are present, the latter would be used, I suggest.

Patch attached to use "preferences" for both local and global 
preferences files.

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