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Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] dissector

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From: Guy Harris <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:00:03 -0700
Fabrizio Bertocci wrote:

There's nothing to add to makefiles or config files. The build system automatically will detect your new dissector and build it.

No, it won't.

If you're building a dissector that's built into Ethereal, you have to add the source file's name to the DISSECTOR_SRC macro in the "epan/dissectors/Makefile.common" file.