Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] should extcap dir be a preference?

From: Pascal Quantin <pascal.quantin@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 16:31:45 +0200

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Le 26 août 2014 15:59, "Martin Kaiser" <lists@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
> at the moment, the directory for the extcap binaries is defined at
> compile time.
>
> When I first tried extcap a year ago, I created a patch to make the
> extcap directory a preference. This was much easier for me to handle
> when I played with several extcaps that needed frequent recompiling.
>
> I'd like to resurrect this patch. Thoughts?
>
> Best regards,
> Martin

+1. I was thinking about adding a location in the profile folder (like for plugins) but making it configurable might be even better.

Pascal.