From owner-freebsd-net Fri Jun 4 17:45:57 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F51E1516A; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 17:45:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) id UAA12551; Fri, 4 Jun 1999 20:45:50 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Fri, 4 Jun 1999 20:45:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199906050045.UAA12551@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Archie Cobbs Cc: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman), freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: subtle SIOCGIFCONF bug In-Reply-To: <199906050029.RAA85352@bubba.whistle.com> References: <199906050023.UAA12466@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <199906050029.RAA85352@bubba.whistle.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org < said: >> [I wrote:] >> The user programs should not use SIOCGIFCONF. > I was hoping for a little more information than that. > OK, imagine a world where you had no choice. THEN what would the answer be? 1) Implement sysctl net-route-iflist. 2) The user programs should not use SIOCGIFCONF. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message