Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] Help, I still can't build Wireshark under Windows XP

["Josh Moore" <jmoore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In just the last few weeks, I have successfully gotten up and running with a Wireshark development environment on Windows XP. Listed below are some of the caveats I encountered. I think I’m just a few days away from finishing some (not yet fuzzed) DLL plugin dissectors.

 

This is what worked for me; YMMV.

 

Josh Moore

 

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From: Josh Moore
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:49 PM
To: 'graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Trouble with building Wireshark on Win32

 

Hello Graham Bloice:

 

Actually, perl is not running correctly from the cmd.exe, even though verify_tools shows the correct perl path. From the Cygwin bash command prompt, these perl programs run fine:

jmoore@CEC710 ~

$ cd /cygdrive/c/wireshark

 

jmoore@CEC710 /cygdrive/c/wireshark

$ perl make-version.pl

Version configuration file version.conf not found.  Using defaults.

This is a build from SVN (or a SVN snapshot).

SVN version tag will be computed.

svnversion.h has been updated.

 

jmoore@CEC710 /cygdrive/c/wireshark

$ perl perlnoutf.pl make-authors-short.pl < AUTHORS > AUTHORS-SHORT

 

jmoore@CEC710 /cygdrive/c/wireshark

$ perl --version

 

This is perl, v5.8.8 built for cygwin-thread-multi-64int

(with 8 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

 

Copyright 1987-2006, Larry Wall

 

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the

GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.

 

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on

this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to the

Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.

 

 

jmoore@CEC710 /cygdrive/c/wireshark

$

However, from nmake, these errors are issued:

(…)

        rdps print.ps ps.c

        rm -f svnversion.h

        perl make-version.pl

Version configuration file version.conf not found.  Using defaults.

This is a build from SVN (or a SVN snapshot).

      8 [main] perl 4024 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 0x3F2000

..0x3F2370, done 0, windows pid 4024, Win32 error 487

5013781 [main] perl 4024 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 0x3F2000

..0x3F2370, done 0, windows pid 4024, Win32 error 487

10018809 [main] perl 4024 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 0x3F200

0..0x3F2370, done 0, windows pid 4024, Win32 error 487

15024091 [main] perl 4024 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 0x3F200

0..0x3F2370, done 0, windows pid 4024, Win32 error 487

20028798 [main] perl 4024 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 0x3F200

0..0x3F2370, done 0, windows pid 4024, Win32 error 487

25033882 [main] perl 4024 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 0x3F200

0..0x3F2370, done 0, windows pid 4024, Win32 error 487

30038837 [main] perl 4024 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 0x3F200

0..0x3F2370, done 0, windows pid 4024, Win32 error 487

NMAKE : fatal error U1058: terminated by user

Stop.

 

C:\wireshark>nmake -f Makefile.nmake verify_tools

 

Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 8.00.50727.762

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

 

Checking for required applications:

        cl: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/cl

        link: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/link

        nmake: /cygdrive/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/VC/BIN/nmake

 

        bash: /usr/bin/bash

        bison: /usr/bin/bison

        flex: /usr/bin/flex

        env: /usr/bin/env

        grep: /usr/bin/grep

        /usr/bin/find: /usr/bin/find

        perl: /usr/bin/perl

        C:/python24/python.exe: /cygdrive/c/python24/python.exe

        sed: /usr/bin/sed

        unzip: /usr/bin/unzip

        wget: /usr/bin/wget

 

C:\wireshark>

 

So, I am able to build wireshark in the short term using these steps:

1. Make distclean.
2. Run the perl programs in a Cygwin terminal:

jmoore@CEC710 /cygdrive/c/wireshark

$ perl make-version.pl               

Version configuration file version.conf not found.  Using defaults.

This is a build from SVN (or a SVN snapshot).

SVN version tag will be computed.

svnversion.h has been updated.

 

jmoore@CEC710 /cygdrive/c/wireshark

$ perl perlnoutf.pl make-authors-short.pl < AUTHORS > AUTHORS-SHORT

 

jmoore@CEC710 /cygdrive/c/wireshark

$ perl perlnoutf.pl make-authors-format.pl < AUTHORS-SHORT > AUTHORS-SHORT-FORMAT

 

jmoore@CEC710 /cygdrive/c/wireshark

$

3. Make all.

It isn’t right, but it works enough for me, for now.

 

Josh Moore

 

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From: Josh Moore
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 1:08 PM
To: 'graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Trouble with building Wireshark on Win32

 

Hello Graham Bloice:

 

I experienced this problem today, and when I ran the suggested command, the output indicated Perl was trying to run an svn command. I did not have Subversion installed in Cygwin; it’s in the Devel/subversion portion of the Cygwin tree. This package should be added to the list at 2.2.2. Install Cygwin

 In http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html/#ChSetupMSVC .

 

Josh Moore

Continental Electronics

Software Engineer

 

Jaap Keuter wrote:

Hi,

 

We would like to help, but the line that spawns the fatal error isn't in your log. This is further up the list. Maybe you should attach the complete log and a log of verify_tools.

 

Thanx,

Jaap

 

John Wang wrote:

> Hi,

> I have double checked to make sure all the development tools have been

> installed, newest libraries......... But I tried several versions of

> the source code, including the suggested r24657, but the error just

> keep coming

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

> -------------------------------------------------------------

> packet-spnego.c

> packet-t125.c

> packet-tcap.c

> packet-ulp.c

> packet-wlancertextn.c

> Generating Code...

> Compiling...

> packet-x2ap.c

> packet-x224.c

> packet-x411.c

> packet-x420.c

> packet-x509af.c

> packet-x509ce.c

> packet-x509if.c

> packet-x509sat.c

> packet-dcerpc-nt.c

> Generating Code...

> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio

> 8\VC\BIN\c l.EXE"' : return code '0x2'

> Stop.

> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio

> 8\VC\BIN\n make.exe"' : return code '0x2'

> Stop.

> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio

> 8\VC\BIN\n make.exe"' : return code '0x2'

> Stop.

>

> C:\wireshark>

>

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

> -------------------------------------------------------------

> Anyone has any suggestions?

>

> Thanks

>

> John