On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 10:01:33AM -0700, Stephen Fisher wrote: > On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 07:36:46AM +0100, Helge Kruse wrote: > > > Thank you for fixing. But since I need to deploy the DLL to existing > > Wireshark installations, this would not help in this case. I cannot > > force to install a specific version of Wireshark just to support my > > dissector. > > Please note that plugins are not guaranteed to work on any version of > Wireshark other than the one it was compiled for. Sometimes they work > on different versions, but other times they fail (sometimes in strange > ways) because of changes to the core Wireshark functions.
I thought that ABI compatibility within a stable release should be guaranteed except for emergency (security) fixes. That means if a plugins works with 1.2.7 it can be expected to work for 1.2.8 up to the last 1.2.x release ever. Did I miss something? Ciao Joerg -- Joerg Mayer <[email protected]> We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works. Some say that should read Microsoft instead of technology. ___________________________________________________________________________ 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
