[aferen@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Andrew C. Feren)]

andreas.sikkema@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> > Making register.c
> > Although officially ethereal is being compiled by NMAKE, actually it seems to be never tried by anyone...
> > Of course, may be I do something wrong...
> 
> Open Makefile.nmake, find the line which says "echo Making register.c"
> After that there's a choice between using Python or using sh to generate
> register.c. Using sh to generate the register.c file never gives an error.
> You might have to edit the file slightly to make it work.

You might also try installing a new python version.  I saw this
problem when I used the python that came with cygwin, but not when I
installed 2.1 or 2.2 from python.org

> I have the feeling that this only happens when recompiling Ethereasl. First
> time compiles usually work, but later compiles fail. But I have no hard
> proof for this feeling.

I'm pretty sure this failed all the time for me, but it has been a
while since I played with this.

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-Andrew Feren
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