Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] New Dissector: Dumb Question: SOLVED

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From: Alex Kirk <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 15:49:23 -0500
> So by "was the ticket here" what do you mean, if the dissector still 
> isn't showing up?

I had meant that I saw, during "make install", that my dissector was getting
compiled. I had thought that the fact that it wasn't actually working was just
indicative of some problem with my code or some conflict.

> Try removing epan/dissectors/register.c and rebuilding; the Makefile 
> probably says that it depends on all the dissectors it knows about, but 
> if its mod time is greater than that of all the dissectors in question, 
> *even if it wasn't built using all the dissectors*, it won't be rebuilt.

This did the trick. Works excellently now!

> I assume "WINS" here is the protocol used by WINS servers to replicate 
> their database to other servers, rather than the NetBIOS Name Service 
> protocol, as described in RFC 1001 and 1002, used to query NetBIOS name 
> servers.

Just in case you still care, given that it works -- yes, you're correct.

Thanks again!

Alex Kirk