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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Keeping dumpcap lean and clean

From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 22:49:38 -0800
On Jan 3, 2011, at 10:14 PM, Jaap Keuter wrote:

> ... same question stands for Makefile.nmake, why is $(PYTHON_LIBS) included in the production rules for dumpcap?

Somebody copied-and-pasted

	{xxx}_CFLAGS = $(AM_CLEAN_CFLAGS) $(py_dissectors_dir)

and the same stuff in Makefile.am, for some value of {xxx}?

I'd say get rid of them, and wait for somebody to report a problem.  No problem -> either there's no problem with removing them, or there's a problem but nobody cares enough for *us* to care.