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Date:      Sun, 31 Dec 2006 15:09:55 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Paolo Pisati <piso@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Max Laier <max@love2party.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can't link kernel after recent libalias commits?
Message-ID:  <20061231150906.U7974@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <20061231024203.GA8147@tin.it>
References:  <20061230195219.GD64111@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <20061230214321.GG64111@bunrab.catwhisker.org> <20061230214609.GA6996@tin.it> <200612302304.39194.max@love2party.net> <20061231024203.GA8147@tin.it>

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On Sun, 31 Dec 2006, Paolo Pisati wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 11:04:33PM +0100, Max Laier wrote:
>> On Saturday 30 December 2006 22:46, Paolo Pisati wrote:
>>> On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 01:43:21PM -0800, David Wolfskill wrote:
>>>> Note that this was for a kernel that uses ipfw, but not natd (ref.
>>>> src/sys/conf/NOTES).
>>>
>>> my mistake, i'll write an entry for UPDATING.
>>
>> Shouldn't it still be possible to build a kernel with IPFW but without 
>> LIBALIAS?  i.e. instead of a UPDATING entry you should just wrap the 
>> libalias entry points in IPFW - or am I misunderstanding what you are 
>> saying?
>
> with my last commit, LIBALIAS became mandatory for IPFW, and this adds 40kb 
> (-O nocona) to my kernel size.
>
> If it's really an issue, i can change it.

Yes -- I'd prefer it if we could make LIBALIAS optional for IPFW, similar to 
dummynet, ipdivert, etc.  Is this something done without too much trouble?

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge



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