Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Wireshark 0.99.5 "make rpm-package" problems onRHEL3

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

Maynard, Chris wrote:
> Ah, I guess that explains it.  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is equipped
> with  gtk2-2.2.4-19 (and gtk+-1.2.10-31).  Is gtk 2.4 or higher a
> requirement for building a Wireshark rpm?  I did not see any mention of
> any minimum 2.x requirement in the README.developer, README.linux or any
> other README* files.
>   
There's basically no "formal" requirement, at least that I know of. On 
the other hand it's a question if all developers are willing to "code 
around" 2.2 limitations that have been addressed in 2.4 or later (in 
most cases it should be possible, but will require additional effort).

The problem is, if you write code on a box that has 2.4 or higher you 
won't even notice a problem here, you won't get any warning or such.

Most (all?) developers will use 2.4 or much later, so no one notices it.
> Is there any way to resolve this ... without having to upgrade to 2.4 of
> course?  I can upgrade my own development box, but it would not be
> possible for me to upgrade all boxes on which Wireshark is intended to
> run on.
>   
You may try  GTK 1.2 which should still work. Don't ask me how to do 
(configure) this, I'm currently Win32 only ;-)

Regards, ULFL