http://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1476
------- Comment #1 from ryker@xxxxxxxxx 2007-03-24 18:16 GMT -------
Bugzilla throws and error when I attempt to attach anything so I'm
dumping this short patch straight into the audit trail (sorry!).
--- doc/tshark.pod.old 2007-03-24 11:48:46.000000000 -0600
+++ doc/tshark.pod 2007-03-24 11:49:37.000000000 -0600
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@
F<C:\Program Files\Wireshark\preferences>) on Windows systems.
The personal preferences file is looked for in
-F<$HOME/.wireshark/preferences> on
+F<$WIRESHARK_HOME/preferences> and then F<$HOME/.wireshark/preferences> on
UNIX-compatible systems and F<%APPDATA%\Wireshark\preferences> (or, if
%APPDATA% isn't defined, F<%USERPROFILE%\Application
Data\Wireshark\preferences>) on Windows systems.
--- doc/wireshark.pod.old 2007-03-24 11:48:41.000000000 -0600
+++ doc/wireshark.pod 2007-03-24 11:17:28.000000000 -0600
@@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@
directories: the F<lib/wireshark/plugins/$VERSION> directory under the
main installation directory (for example,
F</usr/local/lib/wireshark/plugins/$VERSION>), and then
-F<$HOME/.wireshark/plugins>.
+F<$WIRESHARK_HOME/plugins>, and then F<$HOME/.wireshark/plugins>.
On Windows systems, the plugins are looked for in the following
directories: F<plugins\$VERSION> directory under the main installation
@@ -2003,8 +2003,9 @@
systems, and in the main installation directory (for example,
F<C:\Program Files\Wireshark\preferences>) on Windows systems.
-The personal preferences file is looked for in F<$HOME/.wireshark/preferences>
on
-UNIX-compatible systems and F<%APPDATA%\Wireshark\preferences> (or, if
+The personal preferences file is looked for in
+F<$WIRESHARK_HOME/preferences> and then F<$HOME/.wireshark/preferences> on
+UNIX-compatible systems, and F<%APPDATA%\Wireshark\preferences> (or, if
%APPDATA% isn't defined, F<%USERPROFILE%\Application
Data\Wireshark\preferences>) on Windows systems.
--- epan/filesystem.c.old 2007-03-24 11:06:08.000000000 -0600
+++ epan/filesystem.c 2007-03-24 12:04:14.000000000 -0600
@@ -628,7 +628,8 @@
/*
* Get the directory in which personal configuration files reside;
- * in UNIX-compatible systems, it's ".wireshark", under the user's home
+ * in UNIX-compatible systems, it's $WIRESHARK_HOME or, if
+ * $WIRESHARK_HOME isn't set, it's ".wireshark" under the user's home
* directory, and on Windows systems, it's "Wireshark", under %APPDATA%
* or, if %APPDATA% isn't set, it's "%USERPROFILE%\Application Data"
* (which is what %APPDATA% normally is on Windows 2000).
@@ -696,26 +697,36 @@
}
#else
/*
- * If $HOME is set, use that.
+ * If $WIRESHARK_HOME is set, use that.
*/
- homedir = getenv("HOME");
- if (homedir == NULL) {
+ homedir = getenv("WIRESHARK_HOME");
+ if (homedir != NULL)
+ pf_dir = g_strdup(homedir);
+ else {
/*
- * Get their home directory from the password file.
- * If we can't even find a password file entry for them,
- * use "/tmp".
+ * Otherwise try $HOME.
*/
- pwd = getpwuid(getuid());
- if (pwd != NULL) {
+ homedir = getenv("HOME");
+ if (homedir == NULL) {
/*
- * This is cached, so we don't need to worry
- * about allocating multiple ones of them.
+ * Otherwise get their home directory from the
+ * password file. If we can't find an entry for
+ * them, use "/tmp".
*/
- homedir = g_strdup(pwd->pw_dir);
- } else
- homedir = "/tmp";
+ pwd = getpwuid(getuid());
+ if (pwd != NULL) {
+ /*
+ * This is cached, so we don't need to worry
+ * about allocating multiple ones of them.
+ */
+ homedir = g_strdup(pwd->pw_dir);
+ }
+ else {
+ homedir = "/tmp";
+ }
+ }
+ pf_dir = g_strdup_printf("%s" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "%s", homedir,
PF_DIR);
}
- pf_dir = g_strdup_printf("%s" G_DIR_SEPARATOR_S "%s", homedir, PF_DIR);
#endif
return pf_dir;
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