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Description of problem:
Lua is not enabled for the wireshark package so we can not use custom lua dissectors and plugins.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
3.4.10-1

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install wireshark
2. run it with parameter to use a lua script.
   # wireshark -X lua_script:hello.lua
   wireshark: This version of Wireshark was not built with support for Lua scripting.

Expected results:
Ability to use custom lua disectors.

Additional info:
It appears the SPEC file in the src rpm has lua defined as enabled up top but down lower, It only enables lua if the distro is fedora.

Hi,

there was a reason for the 0%{?fedora} statement in the specfile I just can't remember what it was. Probably something during RHEL8 development. Build looks good so far and compat-lua-devel is present in buildroot.

I did a src rpm rebuild manually on rocky linux 9 (what I was using at the time) a few weeks ago.  I modified the spec file to force lua build and I tested a lua script with Wireshark and it worked.  I didn't test it on rhel 9 but I suspect it will work also.

I realized where the problem is, it is described in bug #1596647. Basically compat-lua is no longer in RHEL, only in EPEL, so I cannot enable it in RHEL since it depends on a package not in RHEL.

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