From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 30 14:17:07 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA08739 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:17:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA08719 Tue, 30 Apr 1996 14:17:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA23479; Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:15:42 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 17:15:42 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <9604302115.AA23479@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Terry Lambert Cc: wollman@lcs.mit.edu (Garrett Wollman), ilko@oclc.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Fix for missing _iso_ntoa? In-Reply-To: <199604302027.NAA07719@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <9604301824.AA22862@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> <199604302027.NAA07719@phaeton.artisoft.com> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > Garrett: what would it take to unify the address manipulation model > to a set of common routines? Someone more willing to waste their time than I am. The IPX code takes the correct approach: just put it in a separate library. Programs which want to deal with address family X link against X's library. Problem solved. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant