Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Core dump

[Gilbert Ramirez <gram@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 07:05:23AM +0000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> Anders Östling wrote:
> > 
> > Hi
> > I have a problem with reading tcpdump capture files into  Ethereal
> > 0.8.12. It segfaults immedately after reading the file. I have attached
> > the core, an strace log and the packet file itself. If anyone else have
> > had this problem, I would appreciate a solution.
> > 
> > Thanks for a great product ! Ethereal really make life easier if you
> > cant spend $$$$ on a commercial sniffer product.
> 
> Sorry to have to de-lurk like this, but what sort of an idiot posts 
> a core dump to a mailing list which propagates the same core dump
> to however many people are on the list. 

While it is true the core file doesn't help much and the instructions
in the README should have been followed (i.e, retrieving the stack
trace via gdb and sending that to ethereal-dev), publicly implying
that this person is an idiot is simply rude and reflects badly on
you.

--gilbert