Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] How to link external value_string between plugins

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On Windows, you can't.
Same problem hits epan/tfs.[ch] for plugins.

Sorry,
Jaap

Alex Lindberg wrote:
> I have created two plugins and I need to share a value_string array 
> between them.
>
> In plug1.h I have defined
>
> extern const value_string share_data_vals[];
>
> In plug1.c there is the definition:
>
> extern const value_string share-data_vals[] { etc....}
>
> In plug2.h there is:
>
> #include ../plug1/plug1.h
>
> I have added in plug2/Makefile.nmake:
>
> LINK_PLUGIN_WITH= (Standard Stuff) ../plug1/plug1.lib
>
> When complied with VC2008EE, the result is a LNK2001 message - 
> unresolved external symbol.
>
> What am I missing?  This works great under Linux with the necessary 
> changes to Makefile.am
>
> I don't wish/need to link with libwireshark.
>
> Thanks.
> Alex Lindberg