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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] wiretap plugin

From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2017 17:14:19 +0200
Hi Anders,

Thanks for having a look. This all seems quite in order. 
Was this carried over from an older build, ie. is that plugin.c file recent? Does it get regenerated when moved out of the way?
I’ll try testing this further tonight.

Thanks,
Jaap


> On 9 May 2017, at 16:46, Anders Broman <anders.broman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> In the folder where I have the plugin, plugin.c has the line
> * Generated automatically from C:\Development\ewireshark\trunk\tools\make-dissector-reg.py.
> It also has
> WS_DLL_PUBLIC_DEF void
> register_wtap_module(void)
> {
> :
> 
> I think I have modified the following files:
> CMakeListsCustom.txt
> plugins/CMakeListsCustom.txt
> plugins/Custom.m4
> plugins/Custom.make ( 3 places)
> packaging/nsis/custom_plugins.txt
> 
> 
> The Cmake file in the plugin folder has:
> register_dissector_files(plugin.c
> 	plugin_wtap
> 	${DISSECTOR_SRC}
> )
> 
> 
> Regards
> Anders
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wireshark-dev [mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jaap Keuter
> Sent: den 9 maj 2017 13:48
> To: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] wiretap plugin
> 
> Hi Anders,
> 
> Are you sure? I’m concerned about the generation of plugin.c. From reading plugins/Makefile.am.inc it seems that it only generates for dissector plugins (keyword: plugin), not for wiretap plugins (keyword: plugins_wtap)
> 
> #
> plugin.c: $(REGISTER_SRC_FILES) $(top_srcdir)/tools/make-dissector-reg.py
>        @echo Making plugin.c
>        @$(PYTHON) $(top_srcdir)/tools/make-dissector-reg.py $(srcdir) \
>                plugin $(REGISTER_SRC_FILES)
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Jaap
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 9 May 2017, at 12:08, Anders Broman <anders.broman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> It's in the same files as other custom plugins. Top level 
>> CMakeListCustom.txt etc Regards Anders
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Wireshark-dev [mailto:wireshark-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
>> Behalf Of Jaap Keuter
>> Sent: den 9 maj 2017 11:12
>> To: Developer support list for Wireshark <wireshark-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [Wireshark-dev] wiretap plugin
>> 
>> Hi list,
>> 
>> Does anyone currently have a wiretap plugin setup for building in current master?
>> It seems that the plugin Makefile abstractions (plugins/Makefile.am.inc) are geared to dissector plugins, while tools/make-dissector-reg is still capable of making a plugin_wtap as well. And I haven’t even looked at CMake yet. 
>> Can anyone share an example collection of current build files for a wiretap plugin?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Jaap