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Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 11:00:38 -0400
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Subject: Re: net/libnet vs net/libnet-devel
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Hi Chuck,

I suspect that many ports actually depend on net/libnet-devel (e.g.,
net-mgmt/ettercap).

Is there any precedence to keep the arcane 1.0.x around (maybe
net/libnet-old). That way net/libnet could be 1.1.2.1, and
net/libnet-devel could be 1.1.3.

Thanks,
Adam


On Tue, 17 May 2005 08:35:38 -0400, "Chuck Swiger" <cswiger@mac.com>
said:
> Adam McLaurin wrote:
> > Is there a particlar reason why we're hanging on to net/libnet v1.0.2a? 
> 
> Yeah, libnet-1.1.x isn't API compatible with the 1.0.x stuff, and a fair
> amount 
> of code (read "dependant ports") doesn't work with the newer version,
> although 
> they wouldn't be hard to fix, either.
> 
> -- 
> -Chuck
>