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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0002047Kali LinuxKali Package Bugpublic2015-02-06 16:39
Reporterjoswr1ght Assigned Torhertzog  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionno change required 
Product Version1.0.9 
Summary0002047: libwiretap-dev does not include ws_symbol_export.h
Description

The libwiretap-dev package allows developers to use the Wireshark Wiretap libraries for dealing with less-common packet capture formats. The Kali package for libwiretap-dev is missing the ws_symbol_export.h file, preventing it from being used.

Steps To Reproduce

root@kali:~# apt-get install libwiretap-dev
root@kali:~# cat foo.c
#include <wtap.h>
int main() { return 0; }
root@kali:~# gcc -o foo -I/usr/include/wireshark/wiretap pkg-config --cflags glib-2.0 gtk+-2.0 pkg-config --libs glib-2.0 gtk+-2.0 -lwiretap foo.c
In file included from foo.c:1:0:
/usr/include/wireshark/wiretap/wtap.h:32:30: fatal error: ws_symbol_export.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.

Additional Information

root@kali:~# apt-file list libwiretap-dev | grep ws_symbol_export
root@kali:~#

Missing here.

Activities

rhertzog

rhertzog

2015-02-06 16:39

administrator   ~0002998

$ apt-file search ws_symbol_export
libwsutil-dev: /usr/include/wireshark/ws_symbol_export.h

libwiretap-dev might be missing a depends on libwsutil-dev. Feel free to open such a bug report on the Debian side.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2015-02-06 16:31 joswr1ght New Issue
2015-02-06 16:39 rhertzog Note Added: 0002998
2015-02-06 16:39 rhertzog Status new => closed
2015-02-06 16:39 rhertzog Assigned To => rhertzog
2015-02-06 16:39 rhertzog Resolution open => no change required