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From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.hb.north.de>
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Subject: Re: ipfw (was: Re: lockups.)
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Date: Sat, 29 Jun 1996 23:11:51 +0200 (MET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <199606291814.NAA06766@zen.nash.org> from Alex Nash at "Jun 29, 96 01:14:30 pm"
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Alex Nash writes:

> Sorry, but attempting to maintain backwards compatibility at this
> point is bogus.  The original ip_fw struct shipped in 2.1R contains
> different fields yet is the exact same size as the previous ip_fw 
> struct in stable.  Checking for a 64 byte structure does not give
> you the information necessary to provide backwards compatibility.

Ah well...  sure would have been nice.
> 
> Alex
 cheers
	Juergen