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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