Bill Meier wrote: > Abhik Sarkar wrote: >> Ah, thanks Jeff; I understand now. I checked >> (http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/unstable/glib-Simple-XML-Subset-Parser.html) >> >> and it suggests it has been around since version 2.16... so I guess it >> is OK to use it. >> > > Actually: > > configure.in requiring GTK to be 2.4 or greater means that Wireshark > tries to support any version of GTK starting with 2.4. > > (Any code requiring a feature only available in later GTK versions is > #ifdef'd to be compiled only if Wireshark is being built with that > version or newer. In general, if this is done, alternative code should > be provided which compiles and works with the earlier GTK version). > > So: if a function was implemented as of GTK 2.16, that means that any > Wireshark build on a system with an earlier GTK version will fail trying > to use that function. (Note that GTK 2.4 is [much] older than Gtk 2.16). > > For example: my fairly up-to-date Fedora 10 system has Gtk2 2.14.7.... >
Ooops: We're talking Glib not Gtk in this case. The principle remains the same: Wireshark currently supports Glib versions starting with 2.4. ( ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe
