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| author | Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss@ulticom.com> | 2010-04-13 22:08:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss@ulticom.com> | 2010-04-13 22:08:56 +0000 |
| commit | 6baa3f1abe6c6c919677c604ae6375a5b0b8397f (patch) | |
| tree | 125b8a82a29cd8115df288a7b3a447f1c3a6df79 /doc/wireshark.pod.template | |
| parent | 810861bcd09c564c8d73596a24f7d3cac168af15 (diff) | |
Add an entry to the environment variable section about WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_DISSECTOR_BUG
svn path=/trunk/; revision=32457
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diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template index 9ad54f5ff4..d7411a4594 100644 --- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template +++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template @@ -2647,6 +2647,14 @@ deciding if a file really is in the ERF format. Setting this environment variable a number higher than the default (20) would make false positives less likely. +=item WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_DISSECTOR_BUG + +If this environment variable is set, Wireshark will call abort(3) when a +dissector bug is encountered. abort(3) will cause the program to exit and +will, on some OS and assuming your environment is configured correctly, +generate a core file. This can be useful to developers attempting to +troubleshoot a problem with a protocol dissector. + =back =head1 SEE ALSO |