On Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 2:23 AM Pierre Labastie via blfs-dev < [email protected]> wrote:
> On 10/03/2019 22:22, Bruce Dubbs via blfs-dev wrote: > > I've added the page: > > > > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/general/lua52.html > > > > to add in the older lua-5.2 package in support of wireshark as well as > > potentially other programs. > > > > I request that others build this package and provide feedback to see if I > > missed anything. It's a very short build -- less than 0.1 SBU, but > getting > > two versions of the same package installed properly is a bit tricky. > > > > What's the interest of having lua (whatever version) in wireshark? As far > as I > know, lua bindings are not needed for proper operation of wireshark. They > can > add scripting support to Wireshark, for making complicated things, but it > could be made optional in the book... > > Also, going back to an old version of a package, because a patch does not > apply anymore to use a newer version might not be the best way to get the > "latest and greatest"... > > Or maybe this is the other way around: we should check what needs lua in > the > book, and maybe remove the latest version... Or remove it completely, if > it is > optional. > > Pierre > -- > It has to do with the modules that packages such as Samba installed. Without Lua support, the module that Samba installs to allow CIFS traffic to be understood can't be used. >
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