Hi there, So, I've seen that some people before me offered to port Wireshark to Mac OS X, but eventually didn't :-). So, don't get me wrong, I know WireShark already runs really well on Apple's OS, but it doesn't natively. Here are the options I already gave a try :
-> Build GTK+ and its dependencies, and then run Wireshark under Apple's X11. That works just fine, but it's a pain in the *** to build. It takes forever, you have to keep tweaking makefiles, etc... For the average hacker, it's doable, but it's absolutely impossible for a typical user. -> Use the Quartz port of GTK+. This is a pretty good option. But it has two drawbacks : first, the UI is still grey-ish, and really doesn't fit well with other Aqua apps. That's just a visual problem, but that does matter. Secondly, this port of GTK+ is still a very early port, and it's pretty buggy. Anyway, its author himself says it's not ready for production yet. So, what do you guys think ? I'd be willing to help make a native Mac OS X GUI for WireShark, but I don't know wether it's really worth it. In case you think it'd be a good idea, how much work would that represent ? From what I've seen in the sourcecode, it looks like wireshark is really tied to GTK+. The problem is that the UI part is virtually undocumented. And what about "libwireshark" ? Is it a library that basically does everything, and the GTK+ UI just links to it and displays the results ? I'd be glad to have your advice about all this, since I don't want to start a job that'd be either too hard for me, or just useless Regards, Romain Goyet _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev