Ryan Govostes wrote:
Hello,
I noticed that Wireshark 1.4 came out today and is the first version to
have a 64-bit binary specifically for Snow Leopard.
However, this version still comes with the ChmodBPF startup item for the
user to install. As I noted over a year ago in a bug report[1], using
startup items in this fashion is deprecated and should be replaced by a
launchd plist.
In addition to a plist for this purpose, I also wrote and included an
AppleScript to automatically install the plist file, which removes the
complicated installation instructions found in the read me file (which
OS X doesn't have any default file associations to open, I might add).
I understand that ChmodBPF comes from the libpcap project, which itself
has introduced a property list. However, theirs requires you to install
an additional tool; mine is self-contained. They also do not provide an
installer.
Is there any way for my replacement to be considered for the next release?
Well, I've considered it a number of times but:
1) I don't have a Mac
2) I don't really understand MacOS stuff
3) The last time I tried to fix something on MacOS without being able to
test it, I broke as much as I fixed
I suppose that a lot of the other core developers are in the same
boat--thus the lack of positive or negative feedback (or responses to
your email).