Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 11:00:38 -0400 From: "Adam McLaurin" <freebsd@irotas.net> To: "Chuck Swiger" <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Ports <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: net/libnet vs net/libnet-devel Message-ID: <1116342038.12591.234323975@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <4289E51A.2030501@mac.com> References: <1116297146.4271.234280167@webmail.messagingengine.com> <4289E51A.2030501@mac.com>
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Hi Chuck, I suspect that many ports actually depend on net/libnet-devel (e.g., net-mgmt/ettercap). Is there any precedence to keep the arcane 1.0.x around (maybe net/libnet-old). That way net/libnet could be 1.1.2.1, and net/libnet-devel could be 1.1.3. Thanks, Adam On Tue, 17 May 2005 08:35:38 -0400, "Chuck Swiger" <cswiger@mac.com> said: > Adam McLaurin wrote: > > Is there a particlar reason why we're hanging on to net/libnet v1.0.2a? > > Yeah, libnet-1.1.x isn't API compatible with the 1.0.x stuff, and a fair > amount > of code (read "dependant ports") doesn't work with the newer version, > although > they wouldn't be hard to fix, either. > > -- > -Chuck >
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