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Date:      Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:33:52 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Bug in net/route.[ch] with rmx_pksent while cloning
Message-ID:  <20020601003230.T27367-100000@patrocles.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <3CF761DA.72AE838A@pipeline.ch>

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On Fri, 31 May 2002, Andre Oppermann wrote:

> I think it will break. Isn't there a compiler warning in net/rtsocket.c
> on 64bit platforms about the u_long to int assignment?
>
> IMO the right solution would to simply axe this field from rt_msghdr.
> It serves no purpose. At least none of the base utilites look at it and
> I don't see neither gated nor Zebra using it.
>
> My vote would go to axe it in -CURRENT and bump the version number. Netstat
> and route need to be recompiled. Note in UPDATING.

Even in -current, that's an annoying step to take.  What I'm thinking of
doing is renaming the field to rt_unused with a comment indicating that it
should be axed if anyone else has a good reason to change the structure.

I'll look over your latest round of patches tomorrow.  They're a bit more
in depth, I can't evaluate them in 5 minutes. :)

Mike "Silby" Silbersack


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