On Dec 20, 2010, at 9:45 AM, news.gmane.com wrote:
> So this change to trunk will not affect 1.4.x, will it?
The change to trunk will *not* be backported to 1.4.x; the only way it could possibly affect 1.4.x would be if it were backported. That's why I won't add it to the list of changes to be backported.
> BTW: When you only rename a function as you announce in this list it can be
> still compatible with older DLLs. You need to create an alias in the DEF
> file:
What's a "DEF file"?
$ uname -sr
Darwin 10.5.0
:-)
That translates to "Hi, I'm a Mac." :-) Windows isn't the only OS on which Wireshark runs, so a Windows-only technique, such as aliases in the DEF file, won't work; neither will a Mac OS X-only technique such as the -alias_list option to ld, or a GNU-ld-only technique, or a Solaris-linker-only technique, or....