Hi João,
Thanks for fixing this promptly. I can confirm that the plugin types are now reported as expected.
I’m in the process of finalising a wiretap plugin for inclusion.
Thanks,
Jaap
> On 15 Jan 2018, at 13:09, João Valverde <joao.valverde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 14-01-2018 23:12, João Valverde wrote:
>> On 14-01-2018 19:48, Guy Harris wrote:
>>> On Jan 14, 2018, at 9:49 AM, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>> It seems that the current way of registering plugins (dissector, wiretap or
>>>> codec) doesn't really work well. Maybe this is limited to source builds,
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>>> As far as I know, it's limited to running from an autotools source build.
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>>> The problem is that, in autotools source builds, the plugin binary files are all in the source directories of the plugins, not in the expected subdirectories; CMake builds put them in the appropriate subdirectories under "run".
>> This requires changing the source tree to fix, by moving /plugins to /epan/plugins. If we had bundled wiretap plugins, those would go in /wiretap/plugins. We don't, so libwiretap should find nothing at all when running from the build dir.
>> I'm pressed for time right now, I'll get to that when I can.
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> In progress.