On Jul 14, 2013, at 5:26 PM, "Turney, Cal" <cal.turney@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> Are you saying that rather than adding an option to ignore snapshot_length/packet size discrepancies it might be best to not generate these warnings?
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>> Yes. I.e., it might be best to just hardwire in the "ignore those discrepancies" option.
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> OK. I'll submit a patch that adds the option "Do NOT issue a warning if the packet size exceeds the snapshot length in the capture header." in Preferences>Protocols>Frame and set the default to not issue a warning (checkmark set). If unchecked, the warning will be "pcap: <n>-byte packet exceeds snapshot length of <n>." rather than "pcap: File has packet larger than file's snapshot length."
So, again, why bother offering the option to issue the warning at all? Why not just remove it - i.e., hardwire in the "do NOT issue a warning..." option?