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Diffstat (limited to 'wsutil')
| -rw-r--r-- | wsutil/plugins.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/wsutil/plugins.c b/wsutil/plugins.c index f2da1f57d2..5bb530dd23 100644 --- a/wsutil/plugins.c +++ b/wsutil/plugins.c @@ -219,9 +219,24 @@ plugins_scan_dir(const char *dirname, plugin_load_failure_mode mode) { /* * No. + * + * Only report this failure if we were asked to; it might + * just mean that it's a plugin type that this program + * doesn't support, such as a libwireshark plugin in + * a program that doesn't use libwireshark. + * + * XXX - we really should put different types of plugins + * (libwiretap, libwireshark) in different subdirectories, + * give libwiretap and libwireshark init routines that + * load the plugins, and have them scan the appropriate + * subdirectories so tha we don't even *try* to, for + * example, load libwireshark plugins in programs that + * only use libwiretap. */ - report_failure("The plugin '%s' has no registration routines", - name); + if (mode == REPORT_LOAD_FAILURE) { + report_failure("The plugin '%s' has no registration routines", + name); + } g_module_close(handle); g_free(new_plug->name); g_free(new_plug); |