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author | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2007-08-02 21:45:27 +0000 |
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committer | Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> | 2007-08-02 21:45:27 +0000 |
commit | 89a2966ced23693ab513131ef37641ed40787e01 (patch) | |
tree | cca4caad8e2d8be6877bd0cb6820661817c69dfb /doc/README.packaging | |
parent | 98309a6c837fb050aeab6106b619701cbb75af9f (diff) | |
download | wireshark-89a2966ced23693ab513131ef37641ed40787e01.tar.gz |
Add a "-S" flag to dumpcap, which prints out interface statistics. Use
this in the GUI rather than calling pcap_stats() directly. This gets rid
of the last pcap_open_live() call in the GUI code. Update
README.packaging.
svn path=/trunk/; revision=22443
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/README.packaging')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/README.packaging | 71 |
1 files changed, 50 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.packaging b/doc/README.packaging index 342207db82..53d22a19ad 100644 --- a/doc/README.packaging +++ b/doc/README.packaging @@ -1,37 +1,66 @@ -Here's a brief list of information that might be useful to anyone -distributing a software package containing Wireshark: +The following guidelines should be followed by anyone distributing a software +package containing Wireshark: -1. The canonical location for every Wireshark source release is +1. URLs. + +1.1. Wireshark web site. + +The Wireshark web site URL is http://www.wireshark.org/ . + +1.2. Wireshark releases. + +The canonical location for every Wireshark source release is http://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions/, e.g. http://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions/wireshark-0.99.55.tar.bz2 - If your packaging system downloads a copy of the Wireshark sources, - use this location. Don't use http://www.wireshark.org/download/src. +If your packaging system downloads a copy of the Wireshark sources, use +this location. Don't use http://www.wireshark.org/download/src. + +1.3. Artwork. + +Logo and icon artwork can be found in the "image" directory in the +distribution. This is available online at + + http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk/image/ + +2. Licensing. + +Wireshark is released under the GNU General Public License. Make sure +your package complies with this license, or we send in the marmots. + +3. Privileges. + +In versions up to and including 0.99.6, it was necessary to run +Wireshark with elevated privileges in order to be able to capture +traffic. With version 0.99.7, all function calls that require elevated +privliges have been moved out of the GUI. + +WIRESHARK CONTAINS OVER ONE POINT FIVE MILLION LINES OF SOURCE CODE. DO +NOT RUN THEM AS ROOT. + +4. Customization. + +Custom version information can be added by creating a file called +"version.conf". See make-version.pl for details. If your package +contains significant changes we recommend that you use this to +differentiate it from official Wireshark releases. -2. The Wireshark web site URL is http://www.wireshark.org/ . +4.1. Source-level version detection. -3. Wireshark is released under the GNU General Public License. Make sure - your package complies with this license, or we send in the marmots. +The SVN version corresponding to each release is in svnversion.h. It's +defined as a string. If you need a numeric definition, let us know. -4. Wireshark and the "fin" logo are registered trademarks of Gerald - Combs. +5. Trademarks. -5. Custom version information can be added by creating a file called - "version.conf". See make-version.pl for details. If your package - contains significant changes we recommend that you use this to - differentiate it from official Wireshark releases. +Wireshark and the "fin" logo are registered trademarks of Gerald Combs. -6. The SVN version corresponding to each release is in svnversion.h. - It's defined as a string. If you need a numeric definition, let - us know. +6. Spelling. -7. Wireshark icons, logos, and other artwork can be found in the - "image" directory of the Wireshark sources. +Wireshark is spelled with a capital "W", and with everything else lower +case. E.g., "WireShark" is incorrect. -8. Wireshark is spelled with a capital "W", and with everything else - lower case. E.g., "WireShark" is incorrect. If you have a question not addressed here, send it to wireshark-dev@wireshark.org. |