On Jul 14, 2013, at 5:26 PM, "Turney, Cal" <[email protected]> wrote:

>>> Are you saying that rather than adding an option to ignore 
>>> snapshot_length/packet size discrepancies it might be best to not generate 
>>> these warnings?
> 
>> Yes.  I.e., it might be best to just hardwire in the "ignore those 
>> discrepancies" option.
> 
> OK.  I'll submit a patch that adds the option "Do NOT issue a warning if the 
> packet size exceeds the snapshot length in the capture header." in 
> Preferences>Protocols>Frame and set the default to not issue a warning 
> (checkmark set).  If unchecked, the warning will be "pcap: <n>-byte packet 
> exceeds snapshot length of <n>." rather than "pcap: File has packet larger 
> than file's snapshot length."    

So, again, why bother offering the option to issue the warning at all?  Why not 
just remove it - i.e., hardwire in the "do NOT issue a warning..." option?
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