From owner-freebsd-emulation Tue Aug 1 16: 9: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from blount.mail.mindspring.net (blount.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26A7237B678 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2000 16:09:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vsilyaev@mindspring.com) Received: from jupiter.delta.ny.us (nyf-ny2-39.ix.netcom.com [198.211.16.103]) by blount.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA01243; Tue, 1 Aug 2000 19:08:26 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from vsilyaev@localhost) by jupiter.delta.ny.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA00339; Tue, 1 Aug 2000 19:08:24 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from vsilyaev) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 19:08:23 -0400 From: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" To: Robert Withrow Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, bwithrow@engeast.BayNetworks.COM Subject: Re: Bridged networking with vmware Message-ID: <20000801190823.A298@jupiter.delta.ny.us> References: <200008011321.JAA14859@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200008011321.JAA14859@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM>; from bwithrow@nortelnetworks.com on Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 09:21:33AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 09:21:33AM -0400, Robert Withrow wrote: > :- 4.0-Release was just testing release, if I don't miss something. And > :- bridge options will be not supported on it. > > If at all possible, could you please make sure that 4.1-RELEASE stays > supported? I can't guarantee nothing, sorry guys. > It is absolutely impossible (for operational reasons) for > us to run -STABLE. But for me it's impossible to do a testing on a spread range platforms. > > Also, could you modify your port so that it issues an error message if > it is installed on a version that it doesn't support. Your latest port > merrily installs on 4.0-RELEASE, but it doesn't run on 4.0-RELEASE. I don't think that it doesn't run, it should run, but without networking stuff. > > It would also be good to change the DESCRIPTION file to mention OS version > dependencies. Unfortunately I don't have ability to do a testing. > > A final suggestion: it would be great to maintain a version that *does* work > on 4.0-RELEASE, even if it doesn't support bridging. I'm sure there are > other sites like ours that can't jump on new FreeBSD releases immediately. If you have -RELEASE just use port from /usr/ports tree what is coming with you release. And you will be guaranteed to have the same result as for date when release was published, not less, not more. -- Vladimir To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message