Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] plugins problem SOLVED

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From: SainTiss <saintiss@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 19:32:43 +0200
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It seems to have been a libtool problem...

Adding libtoolize --force before the configure solved it...

cheers,

Hans

On Thursday 23 October 2003 17:14, SainTiss wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think I found the problem, because of something you mentioned about
> handling .so files... I just noticed there aren't any <plugin>.so files in
> my plugins dir, but for each plugin, there is:
> <plugin>
> <plugin>.la
>
> Now if I create a .so link to the <plugin> files, then it seems to work...
> But of course, the obvious question now is, why didn't I get any .so files
> in the make install?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hans
>
> On Thursday 23 October 2003 16:44, SainTiss wrote:
> > On Thursday 23 October 2003 00:50, Guy Harris wrote:
> > > What is PLUGIN_DIR defined as in the top-level config.h file?
> >
> > "/usr/lib/ethereal/plugins/0.9.15"
> >
> > > What version of GLib are you using?
> >
> > 2.2.3
> >
> > > You might have to see what gets passed to the "plugins_scan_dir()"
> > > routine in "epan/plugins.c", and whether it properly scans that
> > > directory looking for ".so" files.
> >
> > I've done a "strace" on ethereal, and when I pick Tools=>Plugins in the
> > menu, It effectively uses the correct dir... whether it correctly scans
> > for .so files, I'm not sure, but if it didn't, then everyone using 0.9.15
> > should have problems, right?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Hans

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