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| author | Graham Bloice <graham.bloice@trihedral.com> | 2015-11-23 21:51:47 +0000 |
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| committer | Anders Broman <a.broman58@gmail.com> | 2015-11-24 06:04:57 +0000 |
| commit | eaac7de007489f6907c9339d933bd6848b63bf2b (patch) | |
| tree | 1514e87170a8108ec85e31f3a4414b1009deef4f /docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_dissection.asciidoc | |
| parent | 61082a22030e6391c8e9337f25e750a6d71d3811 (diff) | |
| download | wireshark-eaac7de007489f6907c9339d933bd6848b63bf2b.tar.gz | |
Developers Guide updates for plugins with CMake
Remove references to nmake, add references to CMake.
Change-Id: Iea2d2b2fbdbab131bae823d5d6a5306630a70347
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/12079
Reviewed-by: Graham Bloice <graham.bloice@trihedral.com>
Reviewed-by: Anders Broman <a.broman58@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_dissection.asciidoc')
| -rw-r--r-- | docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_dissection.asciidoc | 20 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_dissection.asciidoc b/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_dissection.asciidoc index 1930a96123..84b05240bd 100644 --- a/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_dissection.asciidoc +++ b/docbook/wsdg_src/WSDG_chapter_dissection.asciidoc @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ to handle dissection. There is little difference in having your dissector as either a plugin or built-in. On the Windows platform you have limited function access through the -ABI exposed in 'libwireshark.def', but that is mostly complete. +ABI exposed by functions declared as WS_DLL_PUBLIC. The big plus is that your rebuild cycle for a plugin is much shorter than for a built-in one. So starting with a plugin makes initial development simpler, while @@ -172,21 +172,25 @@ are required, besides the dissector source in 'packet-foo.c': * 'Makefile.common' - Contains the file names of this plugin. -* 'Makefile.nmake' - Contains the Wireshark plugin makefile for Windows. +* 'CMakeLists.txt' - Contains the CMake file and version info for this plugin. * 'moduleinfo.h' - Contains plugin version information. -* 'moduleinfo.nmake' - Contains DLL version info for Windows. - * 'packet-foo.c' - Your dissector source. * 'plugin.rc.in' - Contains the DLL resource template for Windows. -You can find a good example for these files in the interlink plugin directory. +You can find a good example for these files in the gryphon plugin directory. 'Makefile.common' and 'Makefile.am' have to be modified to reflect the relevant -files and dissector name. 'moduleinfo.h' and 'moduleinfo.nmake' have to be -filled in with the version information. Compile the dissector to a DLL or shared -library and copy it into the plugin directory of the installation. +files and dissector name. 'CMakeLists.txt' has to be modified with the correct +plugin name and version info, along with the relevant files to compile. +In the main top-level source directory, copy CMakeListsCustom.txt.example to +CMakeCustomLists.txt and add the path of your plugin to the list in +CUSTOM_PLUGIN_SRC_DIR. + +Compile the dissector to a DLL or shared library and either run Wireshark from +the build directory as detailed in <<ChSrcRunFirstTime>> or copy the plugin +binary into the plugin directory of your Wireshark installation and run that. [[ChDissectDetails]] |