Ethereal-users: Re: [ethereal-users] sorry sent it to the wrong one first

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From: Ragnar Lonn / Telenordia Internet AB <prl@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 23:30:33 +0100 (MET)
On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Guy Harris wrote:

> (Note that there's a bug in the "libpcap" library that Ethereal uses -
> if you get a parse error from a capture filter, subsequent capture
> filters, *even if they're valid*, may get parse errors as well; you have
> to exit Ethereal and run it again to clear that.)

Aha, that's what almost made me tear my hair out. I tried the wrong
syntax, got a parse error, read the man pages more closely, but still
got parse errors after using the correct syntax and couldn't figure
out why. After trying about 100 times I gave up and next time I started
the program to give it another shot, it just worked. Not wanting it to
stop working I didn't try to reproduce the error - I just convinced myself
I must've been drunk the time before!

Maybe this should be mentioned in the FAQ or man pages or on the website
or wherever to save people some time? (well I didn't find it. I saw a
notice about a libpcap bug that could 'make ethereal unresponsive during
a packet capture' but that's all)

Otherwise, thanks for a nice piece of software!

  /Ragnar