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Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] captype program not in Windows installers

From: chuck c <bubbasnmp@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2021 21:31:40 -0500
Is there a reason the "captype" binary and HTML file are not included in the Windows installers?

C:\Development\wsbuild64\run\RelWithDebInfo>captype.exe

Usage: captype <infile> ...

C:\Development\wsbuild64\run\RelWithDebInfo>captype.exe -v
Captype (Wireshark) 3.7.0-CDC_211006 (v3.7.0rc0-59-g01e858e0a3ef)

Copyright 1998-2021 Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and contributors.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Compiled (64-bit) using Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 (VC++ 14.29, build 30037),
with GLib 2.66.4, with zlib 1.2.11.

Running on 64-bit Windows 10 (20H2), build 19042, with Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU
     E5645  @ 2.40GHz (with SSE4.2), with 8190 MB of physical memory, with GLib
2.66.4, with LC_TYPE=English_United States.utf8, binary plugins supported (0
loaded).

C:\Development\wsbuild64\run\RelWithDebInfo>dir captype*
 Volume in drive C has no label.
 Volume Serial Number is 12C4-AC21

 Directory of C:\Development\wsbuild64\run\RelWithDebInfo

10/12/2021  08:45 PM           315,392 captype.exe
10/12/2021  12:46 PM             3,526 captype.html
10/12/2021  08:45 PM           552,960 captype.pdb
               3 File(s)        871,878 bytes
               0 Dir(s)  21,933,711,360 bytes free

P:\>C:\Development\wsbuild64\run\RelWithDebInfo\captype.exe *
captype: The file "#recycle" could not be created because an invalid filename was specified.
2: eri_enb_log
200401_BHIS_VM_download.pcapng: pcapng
200415_LJ_bootup_dhcp_mdns.pcapng: pcapng
210409_npcap_1_30_radiotap.pcapng: pcapng
210411_npcap_1_30_radiotap.pcapng: pcapng
210411_win10_radiotap.pcapng: pcapng
210623_statusBar_test.pcapng: pcapng
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