Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:27:05 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>, Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r243019 - head/sbin/route Message-ID: <CAF6rxgnAcqh_Vhh7u_CWJvbyZecmmNteUUtrH9MVYaUzwYL%2BXA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAK2BMK536%2BgKt1yFRpXTKuzmAo5misACfVbwDq6WkuvT6qgp-g@mail.gmail.com> References: <201211140805.qAE85MHU031099@svn.freebsd.org> <50A364AE.6060205@freebsd.org> <20121114093236.GJ28213@FreeBSD.org> <CAK2BMK536%2BgKt1yFRpXTKuzmAo5misACfVbwDq6WkuvT6qgp-g@mail.gmail.com>
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On 14 November 2012 11:12, Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org> wrote: >> A> Can the IN_CLASS[A-C]_NET... definitions go away as well? >> >> They are defines that don't generate any code. >> >> Also, on this mailing list I've promised once not to remove them :) > > I'm glad you remember :) Perhaps a comment indicating they shouldn't be removed should be added? > Andre, they are used (for better or for worse) in a multi-site > database synchronization protocol that currently works portably across > operating systems. Removing them would change the semantics of that > protocol in a subtle way that might introduce breakage. Which one? -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
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