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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] wireshark fails when I build it

From: Graham Bloice <graham.bloice@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:43:20 +0100
Brian Oleksa wrote:
> Graham
>
> I completely rebooted my machine (just to make sure I was not using the 
> same command prompt)...tried again (it chugged along for a while)...
> then it broke. Remember...I am not even trying the 64 bit stuff yet.
>
> All I am trying to do is check out the new source and build the 32 bit 
> version before I jump into the 64 bit stuff again.
>
> The reason I had updat source is because what Gerald stated.....in my 
> old source tree in the config.namke file it specified that "only" 32 bit 
> was available.
>
> So this is where I am at.....I will continue to try and track down why 
> this is not working before I completely break a perfect environment that 
> works with old sources.
>
> Also....this is what I did for the old sources......it defiantly doesn't 
> work if I do not do this....but are these steps in right order...???
>
> First prepare command prompt:
> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\VC\bin>vcvars32.bat
>
> Run the perl programs in a Cygwin terminal:
> cd C:
> cd wireshark-<version>
>
> $ perl make-version.pl
> $ perl perlnoutf.pl make-authors-short.pl < AUTHORS > AUTHORS-SHORT
> $ perl perlnoutf.pl make-authors-format.pl < AUTHORS-SHORT > 
> AUTHORS-SHORT-FORMAT
>
> (go to "prepaired"cmd window)
>
> cd to wireshark
> then do
> nmake -f Makefile.nmake all
>
> Do you have to do this when you build....????
>
> Anyway.....here is the error that I am getting:
>
>  perl perlnoutf.pl make-authors-short.pl < ../AUTHORS > AUTHORS-SHORT
>   24275 [main] perl 3980 child_copy: linked dll data write copy failed, 
> 0xBD2000
> ..0xBD2370, done 0, windows pid 3980, Win32 error 487
>
> Any ideas why make-authors-short.pl appears to be breaking....???
>
> In the meantime...if you think of anything else...please let me know.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>   
Nope, I don't need to do the extra perl step, it works in the build
fine.  The error sounds like an older cygwin error due to clashes
between cygwin.dll versions.  Do you have a cygwin window open when
running the build?

-- 
Regards,

Graham Bloice