On 11/03/2019 08:34, Douglas R. Reno wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 2:23 AM Pierre Labastie via blfs-dev > <[email protected] > <mailto:[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. >
Good to know, but maybe samba could use lua 5.2? Or maybe wireshark's patch could be updated for new wireshark version? Or just wireshark could be built without lua? In any case, it would be much better than having two versions of the same package in the book... We just have had an argument about maintenance ease recently, whether having two different packages on the same page is more or less maintenance burden. One thing I'm sure about is that having two versions of the same package in the book is _much more_ a maintenance burden... Thinking more about it, I'd say that the least maintenance heavy path is to remove lua support for wireshark... Pierre Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
