Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] 1.11.0 release

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/09/13 09:15, Bálint Réczey wrote:
> Hi Guy,
>
> 2013/10/9 Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I think nowadays almost no one builds Wireshark for their own (apart
> from Developers) and those who do can easily
> install the tools for it.

Hmmm, I'm not so sure about that statement.  I've seen (questions from) 
plenty of folks using Redhat EL/CentOS who compile their own Wireshark 
because what comes from the vendor is too old.

Maybe things have improved in the Solaris world but last time I tried 
using a package system I gave up and went back to compiling my own.  The 
package system was pulling in too much junk I didn't want/need, it often 
just plain didn't work, and after all that the Wireshark package was 
still too old.

Of course things are relative: if you compare the hundreds of thousands 
of downloads a month of the Windows installers against those who compile 
their own, yes, "almost no one" compiles their own. ;-)  But I suspect 
among non-Linux *NIX users there are a fair number who still compile 
their own.