Hello,
On Dienstag, 28. Oktober 2008, Felix Wolfsteller wrote:
> I stumbled over a
> #ifdef ENABLE_PLUGIN_SERVER
> if ( recompile_all != 0 ) exit(0); /* Done */
> #endif
> in openvasd.c. I could not find ENABLE_PLUGIN_SERVER to be defined somewhere
> (neither in Make targets). Since recompile_all is not defined somewhere
> either, defining ENABLE_PLUGIN_SERVER would break the building process for
> the server anyway.
> From the speaking name of the #define I guess it was used to build a
> (nessus?-) server just serving plugins but not executing them. Since
> OpenVAS-Server does not offer this split personality but introduced feeds, I
> suspect of these "#ifdef ENAB... #endif" parts of code (~700 lines in
> preparse.c, ~30 in exec.c, 1 in openvasd.c) can be removed, right?
this code might be about creating "binaries" of the nasl scripts.
I suggest to leave it where it is and eventually get back to it
once we moved our minds about whether we want compiled versions
of the nasls. (BTW: I think yes, but lack time to give a detailed rational
at the moment)
Best
Jan
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