Re: Plugins all reported as type 'file type'

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl>]

Hi João,

Thanks for fixing this promptly. I can confirm that the plugin types are now reported as expected.
I’m in the process of finalising a wiretap plugin for inclusion.

Thanks,
Jaap

> On 15 Jan 2018, at 13:09, João Valverde <joao.valverde () tecnico ulisboa pt> wrote:
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> On 14-01-2018 23:12, João Valverde wrote:
> > On 14-01-2018 19:48, Guy Harris wrote:
> > > On Jan 14, 2018, at 9:49 AM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl> wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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,
> > >
> > > As far as I know, it's limited to running from an autotools source build.
> > >
> > > The problem is that, in autotools source builds, the plugin binary files are all in the source directories of the 
> > > plugins, not in the expected subdirectories; CMake builds put them in the appropriate subdirectories under "run".
> > This requires changing the source tree to fix, by moving /plugins to /epan/plugins. If we had bundled wiretap 
> > plugins, those would go in /wiretap/plugins. We don't, so libwiretap should find nothing at all when running from 
> > the build dir.
> > I'm pressed for time right now, I'll get to that when I can.
>
> In progress.

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