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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Warnings when loading preferences

From: Michael Tuexen <Michael.Tuexen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2012 23:45:15 +0200
It seems that there is a problem with the new prefs and hiding columns
feature in the capture options dialog...

Best regards
Michael
On Aug 8, 2012, at 11:11 PM, mmann78@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> This should be fixed in r44359
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stig Bjørlykke <stig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wed, Aug 1, 2012 6:51 am
> Subject: [Wireshark-dev] Warnings when loading preferences
> 
> Hi.
> 
> After upgrading my local wireshark to latest trunk I get some warnings
> from my preferences.
> I suspect someone rewrote the preference format without handling /
> converting old values?
> 
> The user should not loose the preferences when upgrading, just because
> we changed the format.
> 
> 
> 12:33:02          Warn /Users/stig/.wireshark/preferences line 113: No
> such preference "gui.version_in_start_page" (applying your preferences
> once should remove this warning)
> 12:33:02          Warn /Users/stig/.wireshark/preferences line 221:
> Syntax error in preference name_resolve (applying your preferences
> once should remove this warning)
> 12:33:02          Warn /Users/stig/.wireshark/preferences line 225:
> Syntax error in preference name_resolve_concurrency (applying your
> preferences once should remove this warning)
> 12:33:02          Warn /Users/stig/.wireshark/preferences line 229:
> Syntax error in preference name_resolve_load_smi_modules (applying
> your preferences once should remove this warning)
> 12:33:02          Warn /Users/stig/.wireshark/preferences line 233:
> Syntax error in preference name_resolve_suppress_smi_errors (applying
> your preferences once should remove this warning)
> 12:33:02          Warn /Users/stig/.wireshark/preferences line 239: No
> such preference "taps.update_interval" (applying your preferences once
> should remove this warning)
> 12:33:02          Warn /Users/stig/.wireshark/preferences line 243: No
> such preference "taps.rtp_player_max_visible" (applying your
> preferences once should remove this warning)
> 12:33:02          Warn /Users/stig/.wireshark/preferences line 249: No
> such preference "packet_list.display_hidden_proto_items" (applying
> your preferences once should remove this warning)
> 
> 
> -- 
> Stig Bjørlykke
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