Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 4856] Delta Time (conversation) does alpha-numeric sort in

Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 16:22:48 +0000

changed bug 4856

What Removed Added
Status CONFIRMED RESOLVED
Resolution --- FIXED

Comment # 2 on bug 4856 from
(In reply to comment #1)
> Sorry, stupid question: where is this delta time (conversation) column which
> is doing the sorting wrong?  I assume in one of the Conversation dialogs but
> I can't seem to find anything labelled "Delta time."


Delta Time (Conversation) and Relative Tine (Conversation) were added as
explicit columns in Oct 2007. The columns were based on the fields
tcp.time_delta & tcp.time_relative (added in Sep 2007).

(Note that these fields are only populated if the TCP dissector preference
"Calculate conversation timestamps" is set to TRUE. (Default: FALSE).

In Aug 2009 the explicitly specified columns were "deprecated" and the code to
set them was removed (presumably since columns based upon the tcp.delta_time
and tcp.relative_time could now be generated via the"custom columns" feature).

Unfortunately choices for these explicit field types (Delta Time
(Conversation), ...) still appear under Edit ! Preferences ! User Interface !
Columns. Choosing either of these field types just results in a column showing
no values.

(I will look into removing the deprecated field types from the list of the
column field types). 

Also: AFAIK any issues which may have existed with respect to sorting of "time"
columns got fixed with the implementation of "new packet list".

Bottom Line: 

Undoubtedly a valid bug under 1.2.... but fixed in later versions of Wireshark.


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