Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Autogenerated files in source tree [Was: asn2wrs problem]

Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:49:53 -0400
+1.
 
I know the ASN.1 dissectors can be generated on all platforms, it's a few of the others I'm worried about (DCE/RPC)
 
 
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From: Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Autogenerated files in source tree [Was: asn2wrs problem]

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Joerg Mayer <jmayer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On
Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 02:24:05PM -0700, Pascal Quantin wrote:
>> Yeah that's my
fault: I did some API change yesterday and did not realize
>> that CREDSSP was
an autogenerated dissector. I will fix this in a few
>> minutes.
>
> OK,
which brings me back to the topic that we should have as few autogenerated
>
dissectors in our source tree as possible. I don't think the additional
compile
> time qualifies as a counter argument, and phython is required to
build Wireshark
> as well.
>
> So why keep doing that? If it's OK, I'd like
to do a PoC patch for asn1.

I'd be happy to see that, I tried once but my
build-system skills were
not up to it.