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Plugins all reported as type 'file type'
From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2018 18:49:44 +0100
Hi, It seems that the current way of registering plugins (dissector, wiretap or codec) doesn't really work well. Maybe this is limited to source builds, I haven't checked installs. Steps to reproduce: First build tshark from source (autotools), then run tshark: ./tshark -G plugins docsis.so 0.0.5 file type ~/wireshark/master/plugins/docsis/.libs/docsis.so ethercat.so 0.1.1 file type ~/wireshark/master/plugins/ethercat/.libs/ethercat.so gryphon.so 0.0.4 file type ~/wireshark/master/plugins/gryphon/.libs/gryphon.so ... Or build tshark from source (CMake), then run tshark: ./build/run/tshark -G plugins docsis.so 0.0.5 file type ~/wireshark/master/build/run/plugins/2.5/docsis.so ethercat.so 0.1.0 file type ~/wireshark/master/build/run/plugins/2.5/ethercat.so gryphon.so 0.0.4 file type ~/wireshark/master/build/run/plugins/2.5/gryphon.so ... Every plugin is registered with "file type". While all these are dissector plugins, so should be registered as "dissector". This can also be seen in the About dialog of Wireshark. It seems that this comes from the fact that the wiretap library gets to scanning the plugins directory first, calling plugins.c:plugins_scan_dir() with type "file type". This finds all plugins (dissector, wiretap or codec) and registers it. Then when the others (epan and codec) come along these are already registered and thus skipped. So, how is this supposed to work? Thanks, Jaap ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev () wireshark org> Archives: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-request () wireshark org?subject=unsubscribe
Current thread:
- Plugins all reported as type 'file type' Jaap Keuter (Jan 14)
- Re: Plugins all reported as type 'file type' Guy Harris (Jan 14)
- Re: Plugins all reported as type 'file type' João Valverde (Jan 14)
- Re: Plugins all reported as type 'file type' João Valverde (Jan 15)
- Re: Plugins all reported as type 'file type' Jaap Keuter (Jan 16)
- Re: Plugins all reported as type 'file type' João Valverde (Jan 14)
- Re: Plugins all reported as type 'file type' Guy Harris (Jan 14)