Alright, this will help. However it seems as though wireshark isn't even trying to build my file. As I said, I added it to the DISSECTOR_SUPPORT_SRC array in my Makefile.common, and reconfigured and all that jazz, but wireshark doesn't touch it. Clearly I have missed something else.
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 01:46, Sourabh Rathor <sourabhrathor2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the problem is that you are trying to extern a static variable. > Static variable has a scope in its own file and can't be accessed anywhere > else... > > On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Jeremy O'Brien <obrien6...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I have a perfectly working dissector, but I wanted to move a very >> large struct I have in it into its own C file. So I moved it (still >> keeping it static), declared an extern to it in the original file, and >> added the new c file to DISSECTOR_SUPPORT_SRC in Makefile.common in my >> plugin's directory. After (re)compiling wireshark, I get an undefined >> symbol error at runtime referencing this moved struct. So I tried >> moving the filename into DISSECTOR_SRC instead, and this also failed >> with the same error. Clearly I am doing something wrong. >> >> Have I missed a necessary file that I need to edit? Or am I going >> about this the completely wrong way? >> >> Any help is greatly appreciated. >> >> Thank you, >> Jeremy >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > -- > Sourabh Rathor > Institute Of Informatics & Communication > South Campus, Delhi University > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ___________________________________________________________________________ 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
