Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:40:05 GMT From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/105488: [patch] security/ipsec-tools: NAT-T support silently ignored if header file unpatched Message-ID: <200611152140.kAFLe5Ov050762@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/105488; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: VANHULLEBUS Yvan <yvan.vanhullebus@netasq.com> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/105488: [patch] security/ipsec-tools: NAT-T support silently ignored if header file unpatched Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 21:27:52 +0000 (UTC) On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, VANHULLEBUS Yvan wrote: > People who just don't know what is NAT-T won't care about it (and will > automagically have it when the patch will be included in FreeBSD's > CVS), and people who want it should have read the warning about > needing a kernel patch. People who won't care don't need it and would leave it to default which is off anyway so that case does not matter. People who want it do not want it to be left out when they have to explicitly to turn it on. By turning it on they say "I want this" but do not say "I want this maybe". If they do a make package and deploy it and it turns out to not be in it might take them hours to figure out what went wrong. It's a YES/NO thing and no MAYBE. If you want a MAYBE do it for the default NO case but that will not permit people to leave it out when their system would have the header files that support it. So if you want a MAYBE do not provide an option but that will not allow the poeple to chose - that's what the options from make config are about. It's basically like a light switch: you can turn it on and there should be light (or something will be wrong and you want to know about that) or turn it off and light should be off (and not coincidentally stay on). -- Bjoern A. Zeeb bzeeb at Zabbadoz dot NeT
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