Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] MSVC variant problem in v1.0.5

From: Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:08:41 +0100
2009/1/30  <gogrady@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I'm trying to build wireshark v1.0.5. But i'm getting this error
>
> C:\wireshark>nmake -f makefile.nmake setup
>
> Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.01
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
>
> config.nmake(439) : fatal error U1050: MSVC_VARIANT unknown
> Stop.
>
> in config.nmake i have the msvc set to MSVC_VARIANT=MSVC2008

Hi,
wireshark up to version 1.0.5 is built with MSVC6. MSVC 2008 is not supported.

>
> How do i get it to build / what's my problem?

Get the trunk-1.0 svn repository. A patch to allow MSVC2008 building
was delivered after 1.0.5 branching.

Regards,
Pascal.