Hi List!

The current "install-deps" target is used to create a debug environment 
and will copy things like DLL's into the source dir so you can start a 
Wireshark there for debugging.

In my private nmake file, I'm doing a slightly different approach: I'm 
creating a whole new dir "DEBUG_GTK1" / "DEBUG_GTK2" and copy all the 
required stuff into it, including the DLL's, EXE's and so on, so the 
files in this dir are looking a bit like "Program Files/Wireshark" after 
it was installed using the installer.

This has some advantages:
- we get the sometimes requested "distribution in a zip file" for free, 
as we can simply zip this dir and we're done
- the clean-deps target is much easier (and won't be spreaded all over 
the other nmake files, e.g. in plugins)
- it keeps the source dirs "cleaner" as it doesn't copy a lot of files 
into them

and - of course - a disadvantage:
- the install-deps is a bit more complex


If no one complains against this, I could implement it reusing a lot of 
stuff from my private nmake file ...

Regards, ULFL
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