Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] OSX build fails

[João Valverde <joao.valverde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 22-11-2017 13:35, João Valverde wrote:
> On 22-11-2017 12:22, Anders Broman wrote:
> > It also feels like we are raising the bar on building and distribute 
> > Wireshark on older systems. Which may be OK but perhaps better done in 
> > 3.0, I think we also
> > Need to set the level of required packages in 3.0 and keep at that 
> > level for some time.
> The issue of requiring GNU Make is completely not controversial IMHO.
>
> Whether this particular 4.0 version is suitable is another matter. Dario 
> pointed out that it breaks Travis with Ubuntu Trusty so I would argue 
> that version 4.0 of GNU Make is not a suitable requirement. Especially 
> since removing the requirement is annoying but not so onerous.
The GNU Make dependency turned out to be more problematic in terms of 
portability and ease of use than I had antecipated so it has been 
removed. Wireshark should now support all makes again. I won't be adding 
it back without a strong reason.