Ryan Govostes wrote: > Hello, > > I noticed that Wireshark 1.4 came out today and is the first version to > have a 64-bit binary specifically for Snow Leopard. > > However, this version still comes with the ChmodBPF startup item for the > user to install. As I noted over a year ago in a bug report[1], using > startup items in this fashion is deprecated and should be replaced by a > launchd plist. > > In addition to a plist for this purpose, I also wrote and included an > AppleScript to automatically install the plist file, which removes the > complicated installation instructions found in the read me file (which > OS X doesn't have any default file associations to open, I might add). > > I understand that ChmodBPF comes from the libpcap project, which itself > has introduced a property list. However, theirs requires you to install > an additional tool; mine is self-contained. They also do not provide an > installer. > > Is there any way for my replacement to be considered for the next release?
Well, I've considered it a number of times but: 1) I don't have a Mac 2) I don't really understand MacOS stuff 3) The last time I tried to fix something on MacOS without being able to test it, I broke as much as I fixed I suppose that a lot of the other core developers are in the same boat--thus the lack of positive or negative feedback (or responses to your email). ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
