On Jun 23, 2017, at 10:25 AM, David Kreitschmann <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a small change in the Wiki, probably not worth creating an account for 
> this.

...until the next change you want to make. :-)

> The steps here to build Wireshark using homebrew recommend some unnecessary 
> and invasive changes in /usr/local.
> https://wiki.wireshark.org/BuildingAndInstalling
> 
> It would be great if someone could update it. I would also recommend using 
> Xcode for developing on the mac.
> 
> Remove:
> Special step to work around bug in Qt/Homebrew: brew link --force qt5 && ln 
> -s /usr/local/Cellar/qt5/5.3.2/mkspecs /usr/local/mkspecs && ln -s 
> /usr/local/Cellar/qt5/5.3.2/plugins /usr/local/plugins
> 
> Replace with:
> export PATH=/usr/local/opt/qt5/bin:$PATH

Done.  (I left the description as a workaround; is it a bug workaround, or is 
it a step that would always be required?)

> You can also use Xcode to build and debug wireshark:
> mkdir build && cd build && cmake -G Xcode ../ will create a project file
> On the first start don't autogenerate the targets, just add wireshark (with 
> the application icon) manually.

But if you're using Xcode, wouldn't you be more likely to want to do it all 
entirely through the GUI?  CMake has a GUI - is there a way to do it from there?

(This may be a reason for you to get a Wiki account....)
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