Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:33:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bug in net/route.[ch] with rmx_pksent while cloning Message-ID: <20020601003230.T27367-100000@patrocles.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <3CF761DA.72AE838A@pipeline.ch>
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On Fri, 31 May 2002, Andre Oppermann wrote: > I think it will break. Isn't there a compiler warning in net/rtsocket.c > on 64bit platforms about the u_long to int assignment? > > IMO the right solution would to simply axe this field from rt_msghdr. > It serves no purpose. At least none of the base utilites look at it and > I don't see neither gated nor Zebra using it. > > My vote would go to axe it in -CURRENT and bump the version number. Netstat > and route need to be recompiled. Note in UPDATING. Even in -current, that's an annoying step to take. What I'm thinking of doing is renaming the field to rt_unused with a comment indicating that it should be axed if anyone else has a good reason to change the structure. I'll look over your latest round of patches tomorrow. They're a bit more in depth, I can't evaluate them in 5 minutes. :) Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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