Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2022 07:19:19 +0000 (UTC) From: Max Baroi <max@baroi.com> To: Mike Karels <mike@karels.net> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trpt(8) to be decomissioned Message-ID: <4e69d854-e872-4833-b836-f9caf5fe76f0@baroi.com> In-Reply-To: <97286FA9-DD47-4EB2-BD7A-C2A8BC8B62B5@karels.net> References: <Y2SLfz19F6JoC6av@FreeBSD.org> <97286FA9-DD47-4EB2-BD7A-C2A8BC8B62B5@karels.net>
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I'm sorry if this is an inappropriate suggestion, but I think it would be neat if there was a place in the ports hierarchy for retired programs like trpt. Maybe a "historical" or "archival" directory for programs phased out of from base, especially ones that are almost four decades old. -Max Nov 3, 2022 11:04:07 PM Mike Karels <mike@karels.net>: > On 3 Nov 2022, at 22:48, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> trpt(8) is utility to pull TCP debugging data from the kernel >> in 4.2BSD. We still have it in the base, with corresponding >> TCPDEBUG option in the kernel and SO_DEBUG socket option. >> >> At the same time we have much more powerful debugging facilities >> for TCP, e.g. the Dtrace probing, the TCP black box logging and >> siftr. These are the tools that modern developers use. >> >> Already touched this topic with rscheff@, tuexen@, rrs@ and jtl@. >> None of them new what trpt(8) is :) Looks like a good justification >> to me. > > I have used trpt, but not for many years. It was done before tcpdump > as well. Its time has long since gone. > > Mike >> -- >> Gleb Smirnoffhelp
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