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Date:      Fri, 4 Nov 2022 07:19:19 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Max Baroi <max@baroi.com>
To:        Mike Karels <mike@karels.net>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: trpt(8) to be decomissioned
Message-ID:  <4e69d854-e872-4833-b836-f9caf5fe76f0@baroi.com>
In-Reply-To: <97286FA9-DD47-4EB2-BD7A-C2A8BC8B62B5@karels.net>
References:  <Y2SLfz19F6JoC6av@FreeBSD.org> <97286FA9-DD47-4EB2-BD7A-C2A8BC8B62B5@karels.net>

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I'm sorry if this is an inappropriate suggestion, but I think it would be n=
eat if there was a place in the ports hierarchy for retired programs like t=
rpt. Maybe a "historical" or "archival" directory for programs phased out o=
f from base, especially ones that are almost four decades old.

-Max

Nov 3, 2022 11:04:07 PM Mike Karels <mike@karels.net>:

> On 3 Nov 2022, at 22:48, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
>=20
>> =C2=A0 Hi,
>>=20
>> trpt(8) is utility to pull TCP debugging data from the kernel
>> in 4.2BSD. We still have it in the base, with corresponding
>> TCPDEBUG option in the kernel and SO_DEBUG socket option.
>>=20
>> At the same time we have much more powerful debugging facilities
>> for TCP, e.g. the Dtrace probing, the TCP black box logging and
>> siftr.=C2=A0 These are the tools that modern developers use.
>>=20
>> Already touched this topic with rscheff@, tuexen@, rrs@ and jtl@.
>> None of them new what trpt(8) is :) Looks like a good justification
>> to me.
>=20
> I have used trpt, but not for many years.=C2=A0 It was done before tcpdum=
p
> as well.=C2=A0 Its time has long since gone.
>=20
> =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 Mike
>> --=20
>> Gleb Smirnoff



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