https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/20727

From: =?UTF-8?q?Holger=20Hoffst=C3=A4tte?= <holger@applied-asynchrony.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:12:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove unused variable 'newly_displayed_packets'

Its use was removed in f210edea but the variable itself was never removed.

Ping #20727
---
 file.c | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 854b894cb88..b287e424ced 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -798,7 +798,6 @@ cf_continue_tail(capture_file *cf, volatile int to_read, wtap_rec *rec,
         int *err, fifo_string_cache_t *frame_dup_cache, GChecksum *frame_cksum)
 {
     char             *err_info;
-    volatile int      newly_displayed_packets = 0;
     epan_dissect_t    edt;
     bool              create_proto_tree;
     unsigned          tap_flags;
@@ -878,9 +877,7 @@ cf_continue_tail(capture_file *cf, volatile int to_read, wtap_rec *rec,
                    aren't any packets left to read) exit. */
                 break;
             }
-            if (read_record(cf, rec, cf->dfcode, &edt, cinfo, data_offset, frame_dup_cache, frame_cksum)) {
-                newly_displayed_packets++;
-            }
+            read_record(cf, rec, cf->dfcode, &edt, cinfo, data_offset, frame_dup_cache, frame_cksum);
             to_read--;
         }
         wtap_rec_reset(rec);
