Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Next step in build process cleanup

[Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 01:00:44PM -0800, Guy Harris wrote:
> Well, it appears to work on Solaris 8, although I'm still seeing the
> 
> 	libtool: link: warning: `AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN' not used.  Assuming
> 	    no dlopen support.
> 
> messages when it links Ethereal and Tethereal - we *are* using
> AC_LIBTOOL_DLOPEN in the top-level configure.in, so I'm not entirely
> sure what the problem is.

That one is still on my todo list - here's it in full (not long but a bit
of work left :)

a) Fix dlopen support to work again on current Suse etc systems.
b) Don't add /usr/local/include to the include path, if the compiler
   already searches there (I don't like those gcc warnings).

A) Collapse configure and epan/configure into one (and maybe
  wiretap/configure)
B) Move dissectors and other stuff into their own epan subdir
C) Get others to properly seperate gui functionality from otherwise
  sharable files :)

I don't yet know how to do a) or b) As far as a) is concerned: I have read
the autoconf and automake and libtool info pages and have done some
experiments but without success. Next step will be to update all three
tools to the newest version and see if that helps. If not, I'll just go
and ask on the appropriate mailing list for help. If anyone knows how
to do a) or b): Just do it  :-)
A)-C) are up for discussion: I won't commit anything without sending in
patches for review first (maybe I'll do B in a branch of it's own).

 Ciao
         Jörg

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Joerg Mayer                                            <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx>
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