I need some direction from some folks smarter than me:
I need to understand, and possibly make some customizations to, the DIS
dissector (packet-dis.c). I understand that I can make those changes and
run the full wireshark build, but that can be a very laborious and
time-consuming task. Consequently, I'm thinking that I'd like to build
packet-dis.c as a shared library plugin and have wireshark pick up my
customized version and use that instead of the built-in version.
1. is that possible?
2. Can I do the special plugin build of packet-dis.c right from the
./epan/dissectors/ subdirectory where it currently resides? Or should I
put a copy of it off in my own working directory/sandbox and build it from
there?
And lastly:
3. Is there anywhere I can find clear instructions on how best to achieve
this? All the plugin dev docs I find go through the very lengthy
discussion of how to write a plugin and use the available API, but at
least for the moment, I am mostly only interested in the build process.
Thanks.
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Alan Partis
thundernet development group
