Hi, Any insights from the extcap developers, Guy?
Thanks, Jaap > On 20 Jul 2018, at 19:12, Jaap Keuter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > While having reviewed extcap documentation [Ref1] I was triggered by bug > 14982 [Ref2] (usbpcap no longer recognized in 2.9) concerning the addition of > --extcap-version parameter to the extcap command line. This stated that the > command line parameter "--extcap-version=2.9” causes a problem with usbpcap. > The documentation states that in Wireshark 2.9 the command line parameter > “--extcap-version x.x” has been added. Note the lack of equal sign. Looking > at the code this was originally so, until change 26772 [Ref3] where the equal > sign was added due to a problem with some variations of getopt_long(). > > Doesn’t this mean that all other command line parameters with values are to > be generated with equal sign? > > If so this could require changes across the board, changes to documentation > (docbook, man page) in the least. > > Ref1: https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/28690/ > Ref2: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14982 > Ref3: https://code.wireshark.org/review/#/c/26772/ > > Thanks, > Jaap > ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <[email protected]> Archives: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
