file-pcapng_darwin_process_event.c

I guess it's not as bad as the filenames with a "+" in the names, but would
file-darwin.c be enough?

On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 10:48 AM Martin Mathieson via Wireshark-dev <
wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> wrote:

> Please see https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/9688
>
> I have yet to port my (genuinely) local block type, but would like to see
> if this approach looks OK.
> More thought might be needed to stay safe while dealing with block types
> that don't have options.
>
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 11:01 AM Martin Mathieson <
> martin.r.mathie...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2023 at 7:25 AM Guy Harris <ghar...@sonic.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Feb 1, 2023, at 12:58 AM, Joakim <oak...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > if you manage to add a dissector table that would be great! I believe
>>> my company too will implement non-standard blocks so it would be very
>>> convenient to have it available.
>>>
>>> Note that what's being discussed here would *only* handle dissecting the
>>> non-standard blocks when you're dissecting the structure of the pcapng file
>>> the same way that we can dissect the structure of, for example, JPEG files;
>>> it won't affect the handling of the block in libwiretap nor will it affect
>>> the handling of it in libwireshark when you're reading a pcapng file as a
>>> capture file rather than as some type of file whose internal structure is
>>> to be dissected.
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, for me - for now, I only want to check the block values that get
>> written into the pcapng file - another tool makes use of them.
>>
>>
>>> We already have a plugin mechanism in libwiretap for the first of those
>>> (although the interface could, I think, be improved; I'll look at some work
>>> I did on that) and a plugin mechanism in libwireshark (currently using the
>>> REC_TYPE_FT_SPECIFIC_{EVENT,REPORT} block type, but that might also be
>>> improved).
>>>
>>> However, you might want to look at implementing *custom* blocks,
>>> instead.  If your company has a Private Enterprise Number:
>>>
>>>         https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Enterprise_Number
>>>
>>> it can use them, and would not have to worry about some other
>>> organization using the same block number that you use.
>>>
>>
>> We use 0x80000000 + <our-enterprise-number> for the first local block
>> type we have.
>> But we then also use the next 4 numbers for other private block types..
>> I don't know if it was considered, but it would have been unnatural to
>> squeeze our 5 block types into a single type.
>>
>>
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