Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 01:57:53 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@freebsd-services.com Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp route.c Message-ID: <200108200057.f7K0vrU08683@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org> of "Sun, 19 Aug 2001 17:46:33 PDT." <200108200046.f7K0kXH09188@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> brian 2001/08/19 17:46:33 PDT
>
> Modified files:
> usr.sbin/ppp route.c
> Log:
> When attempting to change the default route, don't write the gateway
> and mask to the routing socket, otherwise the update fails.
>
> Warning provided by: markm
>
> The code here was broken for FreeBSD when IPv6 support was added, but
> was fixed for OpenBSD. OpenBSD expects the gateway and mask to be
> supplied and fails the update otherwise.
>
> Revision Changes Path
> 1.76 +27 -8 src/usr.sbin/ppp/route.c
My guess is that both FreeBSD and OpenBSD are wrong here. The gateway
and mask are not important (the destination is enough), but their
presence shouldn't break things.
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