Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Re: [Ethereal-cvs] rev 17086: /trunk/plugins/lua/lua-5.0.2/doc/: contents.html lo

[LEGO <luis.ontanon@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/24/06, Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 11:34:12AM +0100, LEGO wrote:
> > With a some help from others I could add a --with-lua option to
> > ./configure but we will then have yet another library dependency which
> > means that on unix people will have to install lua by thenselves to
> > have it enabled.
>
> If you want me to, I can provide the necessary autofoo stuff later this
> week.

I'd love that... Every time I tried to mess with autofoo I find myself
just loosing patience.


> > Been the statically linked plugin just ~ 300K I thought It would be
> > fine to just have it in.
>
> There are reasons why we try to use the libs that are present on the
> system:
> - Bugfixes affect every dynamically linked app immediately, without
>   having to recompile that app.
> - I have at least 4 apps that already use the lua libs dynamically. Why
>   should a fith app bring its own?

Ack


> > > As a Win32 developer, I'm used to get the libraries in binary form (with
> > > source available, but don't need to recompile), see
> > > http://anonsvn.ethereal.com/ethereal-win32-libs/trunk/packages/.
> >
> > I could find http://luaforge.net/frs/download.php/650/lua5_0_Win32_bin.tar.gz .
> > But that would mean having conditional compilation under unix where we
> > do not realy know whether lua is going to be.
>
> As mentioned above: I'm willing to do the autofoo stuff, which can cover
> this case as well. Just let me know if you want me to do it - that way
> you can continue working on the code ;)

I'd love that, Thanks!!!

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