Re: Wireshark building fails with code page errors on a non-English Windows system

[Yang Luo <hsluoyb () gmail com>]

Hi Pascal,

On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 3:08 AM, Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin () gmail com>
wrote:

> Hi Yang,
>
> 2016-06-03 18:28 GMT+02:00 Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin () gmail com>:
>
> > Le 3 juin 2016 18:24, "Yang Luo" <hsluoyb () gmail com> a écrit :
> > > Hi Pascal,
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 11:12 PM, Pascal Quantin <
> > pascal.quantin () gmail com> wrote:
> > > > Hi Yang
> > > >
> > > > 2016-06-03 17:03 GMT+02:00 Yang Luo <hsluoyb () gmail com>:
> > > > > Hi list,
> > > > >
> > > > > I made a post on this list several months ago about compile errors of
> > Wireshark on Windows:. http://seclists.org/wireshark/2015/Dec/125
> > > > > The errors are something like:
> > 91>J:\github_repos\wireshark-win64-libs\gtk2\include\glib-2.0\gobject/gsignal.h:
> > warning C4819: The file contains a character that cannot be represented in
> > the current code page(936). Save the file in Unicode format to prevent data
> > loss (J:\github_repos\wireshark\ui\gtk\about_dlg.c)
> > > > > [J:\github_repos\wsbuild64\ui\gtk\gtkui.vcxproj]
> > 91>J:\github_repos\wireshark-win64-libs\gtk2\include\glib-2.0\gobject/gsignal.h:
> > warning C4819: The file contains a character that cannot be represented in
> > the current code page(936). Save the file in Unicode format to prevent data
> > loss (J:\github_repos\wireshark\ui\gtk\addr_resolution_dlg.c)
> > > > > [J:\github_repos\wsbuild64\ui\gtk\gtkui.vcxproj]
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I didn't actually solve this issue at that time. These days I
> > revisited this issue. And I tried Graham's method of using PowerShell (
> > http://seclists.org/wireshark/2015/Dec/127) but with no luck.
> > > > > I also tried to switch my CMD session to Unicode by running "chcp
> > 65001" based on this post:
> > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14109024/how-to-make-unicode-charset-in-cmd-exe-by-default,
> > but also the same errors.
> > > > > Finally I found a workaround. I went to "Control Panel" -> "Region"
> > window -> "Administrative" tab -> Change system locale.." button, then
> > switched the locale from Chinese to English, then rebooted. And the compile
> > went through smoothly this time.
> > > > > But in English locale, all my ANSI programs including .txt files with
> > Chinese characters are broken. They all show messy code. So this is only a
> > temporary hack.
> > > > > I wonder how other non-English Windows users compile Wireshark? Is
> > there a better solution to solve this issue? I'm using Win10 x64 system.
> > > > If you edit the
> > github_repos\wireshark-win64-libs\gtk2\include\glib-2.0\gobject\gsignal.h
> > file line 916 and replace the elipsis sign by ..., can you build with your
> > Chinese locale?
> > > I think you maybe want to say line 516 as Gerald said, and it works! I
> > can build Wireshark with Chinese locale now!
> >
> > Thanks for confirming and sorry for the typo.
> > I will repackage the gtk2 bundle with this change and update our build
> > system.
>
> The change can be found here: https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/15713/
>
> Regards,
> Pascal

Thanks for the quick fix! I tested it with no warnings or errors!

Build succeeded.
    0 Warning(s)
    0 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:05:09.37


Cheers,
Yang


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