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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Compilation errors while building the Wireshark sources

From: Alfred Alinazar <aalinazar@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 05:23:29 +0300
I have the same problem. I have tried to do distclean and compile
again several times, but no luck.
Anyone has luck in solving this problem?

regards,

-Alfred-

On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Anonymous Anonymous
<a.master.blaster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm still stuck at this. Here is the complete build log I've managed to
> extract using the command: nmake -f Makefile.nmake all > build-log.txt 2>&1
>
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
>     cd tools
>     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"
> /                   -f Makefile.nmake
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
>     cd lemon
>     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"
> /                   -f Makefile.nmake
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
>     cd ..
>     cd ..
>     cd image
>     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"
> /                   -f Makefile.nmake
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
>     cd ..
>     cd codecs
>     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"
> /                   -f Makefile.nmake
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> 'codecs.lib' is up-to-date
>     cd ..
>     cd wiretap
>     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"
> /                   -f Makefile.nmake
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
>     cd ..
>     cd epan
>     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"
> /                   -f Makefile.nmake
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
>     cd crypt
>     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"
> /                   -f Makefile.nmake
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> 'airpdcap.lib' is up-to-date
>     cd ..
>     cd ftypes
>     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"
> /                   -f Makefile.nmake
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> 'ftypes.lib' is up-to-date
>     cd ..
>     cd dfilter
>     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"
> /                   -f Makefile.nmake
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> 'dfilter.lib' is up-to-date
>     cd ..
>     cd wslua
>     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"
> /                   -f Makefile.nmake
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> 'wslua.lib' is up-to-date
>     cd ..
>     cd dissectors
>     "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"
> /                   -f Makefile.nmake
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> 'dissectors.lib' is up-to-date
>     cd ..
> Linking libwireshark.dll
>     link  /INCREMENTAL:NO /NOLOGO -entry:_DllMainCRTStartup@12 -dll
> kernel32.lib  ws2_32.lib mswsock.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib  /DEBUG
> /DEF:libwireshark.def /OUT:libwireshark.dll  /IMPLIB:libwireshark.lib
> addr_and_mask.obj         addr_resolv.obj         adler32.obj
>  afn.obj             asn1.obj             atalk-utils.obj
>  base64.obj         bitswap.obj         camel-persistentdata.obj
>  charsets.obj         circuit.obj         codecs.obj         column.obj
>      column-utils.obj         conversation.obj         crc10.obj
>  crc16.obj             crc32.obj             crc6.obj
>  crcdrm.obj         dissector_filters.obj     emem.obj
>  epan.obj             ex-opt.obj         except.obj         expert.obj
>      filesystem.obj         follow.obj         frame_data.obj
>  frequency-utils.obj     funnel.obj             gcp.obj
>  golay.obj             guid-utils.obj         h225-persistentdata.obj
>  in_cksum.obj         ipproto.obj         ipv4.obj
>  next_tvb.obj         nstime.obj         oids.obj
>  osi-utils.obj         packet.obj         plugins.obj         prefs.obj
>          privileges.obj         proto.obj             range.obj
>  reassemble.obj         reedsolomon.obj         report_err.obj
>  req_resp_hdrs.obj         sigcomp_state_hdlr.obj     sigcomp-udvm.obj
>      sminmpec.obj         sna-utils.obj         stat_cmd_args.obj
>  stats_tree.obj         strutil.obj         stream.obj         t35.obj
>          tap.obj             tcap-persistentdata.obj     timestamp.obj
>      tfs.obj             to_str.obj         tvbparse.obj
>  tvbuff.obj         uat.obj             unicode-utils.obj
>  value_string.obj         ws_strsplit.obj          xdlc.obj
>  xmlstub.obj      dtd_grammar.obj  diam_dict.obj         dtd_parse.obj
>      dtd_preparse.obj          radius_dict.obj          uat_load.obj
> C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\glib\lib\glib-2.0.lib
> C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\glib\lib\gmodule-2.0.lib
> C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\glib\lib\gobject-2.0.lib
>  C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\MSVC2008EE\adns\adns_dll.lib
> C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\pcre-7.0\lib\pcre.lib
> C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\kfw-2.5\lib\krb5_32.lib
> C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\zlib123\lib\zdll.lib
> C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\gnutls-2.6.3-1\bin\libtasn1-3.lib
>  C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\gnutls-2.6.3-1\bin\libgpg-error-0.lib
>  C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\gnutls-2.6.3-1\bin\libgcrypt-11.lib
>  C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\gnutls-2.6.3-1\bin\libgnutls-26.lib
> C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\lua5.1\lib\dll\lua5.1.lib
> C:\wireshark-libs-1.0\libsmi-0.4.8\lib\smi.lib
> ..\wiretap\wiretap-0.3.1.lib  crypt\airpdcap.lib  ftypes\ftypes.lib
> dfilter\dfilter.lib  wslua\wslua.lib  dissectors\dissectors.lib
> ..\image\libwireshark.res  dissectors\register.obj  inet_aton.obj
>  inet_pton.obj     inet_ntop.obj     mkstemp.obj     strptime.obj
>  asm_utils_win32_x86.obj
>    Creating library libwireshark.lib and object libwireshark.exp
> dissectors.lib(packet-ncp-sss.obj) : error LNK2001: unresolved external
> symbol _ett_nds
> libwireshark.dll : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 9.0\VC\BIN\link.EXE"' : return code '0x460'
> Stop.
> NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
> 9.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'
> Stop.
>
> Also, I've noticed that I'm currently using Python 3.0.1 as opposed to the
> 2.6 version suggested by the developers guide. Can that be the source to the
> problems?
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Bill Meier <wmeier@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Abhik Sarkar
>> > <sarkar.abhik@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Rohan,
>> >>
>> >> The distclean target cleans up any files made for a distribution...
>> >> this
>> >> removes any generated stuff and keeps the sources untouched.
>> >>
>> >> You can't compile a single file if you are changing the in-built
>> >> dissectors
>> >> because all of the functionality is part of one big shared library and
>> >> that
>> >> library needs to be relinked. I would like to point out however that
>> >> the
>> >> build system "compiles" only changed sources (and a few other files)
>> >> and
>> >> only re-links them... so, I normally find that if I change only a
>> >> particular
>> >> dissector the re-build takes a only about a minute, but after a
>> >> distclean it
>> >> takes a good 5-10 minutes (on my system).
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> Abhik.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>> Just for the record:
>>
>> The Windows build does *not* handle changed .h files and .h fie
>> dependencies when deciding what needs to be recompiled.
>>
>> So: if a .h file is changed, then either a complete rebuild is needed or
>>  you must manually force a recompile for any .c files using the .h file
>> (E.G.: by deleting the .obj files corresponding to the .c files).
>>
>> Doing this manually can easily miss something so use the manual
>> procedure only if you are exactly sure what needs to be recompiled when
>> a .h file changes.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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-- 
salam,

-bank al-
http://aalinazar.wordpress.com