why, why, why?

Author: unknowntrojan

Cargo.toml

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ thiserror = "1.0.43"
 coolfindpattern = "0.1.6"
 binary-search = "0.1.2"
 
+
+# Due to a breaking change in the binaryninja crate, you will also need to uncomment the relevant portion of code in the entrypoint.
 # Dev
 # binaryninja = { git = "https://github.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api", branch = "dev" }
 # Stable

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # binja_coolsigmaker
 
+(**I apologize for the inconvenience, but due to a breaking change in the binaryninja crate, you will need to make a change to the entry point depending on which branch you build for.**)
+
 We all know signature scanning can be extremely useful. Sadly, the two public offerings for Binja are either very slow, or crash extremely often.
 
 This is why I wrote this plugin. It's a signature scanning and creating plugin for x86 (more archs are planned!), written in Rust. It's extremely fast, supports multiple signature styles, and works like a charm.

src/lib.rs

@@ -989,9 +989,19 @@ impl Command for SigFinderCommand {
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern "C" fn CorePluginInit() -> bool {
-    binaryninja::logger::Logger::new("coolsigmaker")
-        .with_level(log::LevelFilter::Info)
-        .init();
+
+    // Due to a breaking change in binaryninja-api, you will need to edit this line depending on which version you are building for.
+
+    // For dev branch:
+    // binaryninja::logger::Logger::new("coolsigmaker")
+    //    .with_level(log::LevelFilter::Info)
+    //    .init();
+
+    // For stable branch:
+    // binaryninja::logger::init(log::LevelFilter::Info).unwrap();
+
+    // And uncomment this. Sorry for the inconvenience.
+    compile_error!("sadly, due to a breaking change in the api crate, you will need to make a change to the code above this error.");
 
     // TODO: (maybe) if signature not found, maybe go back a few instructions and attempt to create a signature with an offset.
     // TODO: introduce a setting for "dumb" searches, where we also search non-executable segments for uniqueness, incase the user doesn't want to check the segments before scanning them.