Wireshark 1.4.5 is not a stable release. It crashes while analyzing TCP packets very quickly. I have seen it crash on my system with very simple captures. The updated Wireshark 1.4.6 release fixes the issue. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Verify wireshark 1.4.5 is installed using latest ebuild (I am using flags adns caps gtk ipv6 lua pcap pcre portaudio python ssl threads zlib) 2. Open iseries.pcap from http://wiki.wireshark.org/SampleCaptures?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=iseries.cap 3. scroll down the list of packets quickly (just to demonstrate), and then back up and down the packet list. Actual Results: Within 10 seconds, wireshark 1.4.5 disappears, and [1]+ Segmentation fault wireshark iseries.cap is displayed in my terminal. Expected Results: The application should continue to function. This is a known bug in Wireshark 1.4.5. See wireshark bug database here: https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5837 For more information.
*** Bug 364875 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
So, I just version-bumped the existing ebuild in Portage, and it works well for me thus far. Cheers!
Oh, and this is on 32-bit x86 (bug is for AMD64?).
So, is more needed to bump this in Portage?
Bumped. pva is usually rather quick about this, so I was waiting patiently.