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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Upgraded wireshark to 1.2.6 but now old pcap files cannot

From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:36:27 -0700
On Mar 23, 2010, at 6:29 PM, Kok-Yong Tan wrote:

> I've just upgraded wireshark via MacPorts to version 1.2.6 on a PPC  
> MacOS 10.4.11 system with Xcode 2.5 installed.  Previous pcap files  
> which were readable in prior versions suddenly cannot be read. I'm  
> getting this error:
> 
> The capture file appears to be damaged or corrupt (pcap: File has  
> 4294901760-byte packet, bigger than maximum of 65535)

What does "wireshark -v" print?