Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Missing wspython symbols
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From: Eliot Blennerhassett <eliot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:19:13 +1200
On 29/08/12 20:51, Jan Safranek wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> with latest wireshark-1.8.2, I noticed I get error messages on wireshark
> or tshark startup:
> 
> /lib64/libwireshark.so.2: undefined symbol: py_create_dissector_handle
> 
> Digging a bit into compile process,  I found out that
> py_create_dissector_handle is not mentioned in libwireshark.def and even
> if it was there, it would be removed during compilation. Attached patch
> fixes the problem for me.
> 
> I tried to understand bug
> https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6448, but I failed
> to see how SVN rev. 39439 *adds* the python symbols to libwireshark.sym,
> it can only remove them. Do I miss something?

Hi Jan,

yes your patch is correct.

I have the same change in my local tree, must have forgotten to submit
them when I had to suspend my work on the project.

I have some more time now, I'll see if I can make any more progress.

regards

Eliot