And you followed the advice in :
http://anonsvn.ethereal.com/viewcvs/viewcvs.py/trunk/doc/README.developer?rev=12979&view=auto
and made sure the important signatures were :
/* Register the protocol with Ethereal */
/* this format is require because a script is used to build the C function
that calls all the protocol registration.
*/
void
proto_register_PROTOABBREV(void)
{
and
void
proto_reg_handoff_PROTOABBREV(void)
{
it is important that these two functions are declared exactly like
that or else the script that builds register.c will fail to find
them.
On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 23:12:09 -0500, Alex Kirk <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Under ideal circumstances, yes. However:
>
> alex@sf: ~/downloads/ethereal-0.10.9$ grep wins epan/dissectors/register.c
> alex@sf: ~/downloads/ethereal-0.10.9$ ls -l epan/dissectors/packet-wins.c
> -rw-r--r-- 1 akirk research 5487 Jan 24 14:52
> epan/dissectors/packet-wins.c
> alex@sf: ~/downloads/ethereal-0.10.9$ sudo make install
> <Much verbosity of make install snipped>
> alex@sf: ~/downloads/ethereal-0.10.9$ grep wins epan/dissectors/register.c
> alex@sf: ~/downloads/ethereal-0.10.9$
>
> Obviously, *something* is not working properly here. Especially since:
>
> alex@sf: ~/downloads/ethereal-0.10.9$ grep wins epan/dissectors/Makefile.common
> packet-wins.c \
> alex@sf: ~/downloads/ethereal-0.10.9$
>
> I've tried make clean, make distclean, and even working with a freshly unpacked
> tarball -- nada. Any ideas?
>
> Alex Kirk
>
> > When you run make, a nifty Python script should generate a new
> > register.c containing your dissector.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ethereal-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:ethereal-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Kirk
> > > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 2:15 PM
> > > To: Ethereal development; Ulf Lamping
> > > Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] New Dissector: Dumb Question
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > That not sounds to bad for a first try, you've looked at the usual
> > > > suspects ;-)
> > > >
> > > > So your question isn't too dumb at all...
> > >
> > > Glad to hear it... :-)
> > >
> > > > If the register.c file doesn't contain your dissector, that's the
> > > > place
> > > > to look at first. Unless you build a plugin, it has to
> > > appear in that file.
> > > >
> > > > Did you place your dissector file in epan/dissectors? It won't be
> > > > searched somewhere else.
> > >
> > > Yes, I sure did. In fact, I was basing my dissector file
> > > partially on packet-msn-messenger.c, which I've made some
> > > improvements to (I'll be submitting them once I have the last
> > > bugs worked out there). The only difference is, that file was
> > > already all registered, so I didn't have that problem there.
> > >
> > > > Does it get (re-)compiled when you change your packet-wins.c (or
> > > > whatever name you'd chosen) file? So your makefile is ok.
> > >
> > > No, there's no re-compiliation when I make changes to this file.
> > >
> > > > Did you tried simply deleting the register.c file, as it's possibly
> > > > (re-)generated?
> > >
> > > I just did this (for the second time, just to make sure), and
> > > I'm still getting no results -- while packet-wins.c is in
> > > Makefile.common in epan/dissectors, my registration function
> > > is not added to register.c.
> > >
> > > I can attach Makefiles, the source file, whatever if it would
> > > be helpful; for now I'll not spam the list. :-)
> > >
> > > Alex Kirk
> > >
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