Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > On 2022/02/23 09:16, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > Stuart Henderson <stu.li...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > > > > > On 2022-02-21, Trace the Route <trace.the.ro...@protonmail.com> wrote: > > > > Is it possible to include a newer version of mrouted in the base > > > > installation of OpenBSD? The existing version of mrouted (v3.8) is > > > > obviously quite old and lacks functionality found in newer versions. > > > > > > > > For example, the existing version of mrouted is not able to bind to > > > > both ends of a pair(4) interface, whereas the latest version (v4.4) > > > > has no issue with this. > > > > > > It probably makes more sense to remove it from base. Do you fancy writing > > > a port so it can be included there instead? > > > > I dunno... > > > > It seems to me that if multicast routing is going to be maintained in our > > base tree, we probably want base utilities for it. Otherwise, how would > > anyone working in base development remember to test it when they make > > changes? > > Utilities yes, but do we need two different DVMRP daemons, one > OpenBSD-style and privsepped and the other old and unmaintained?
No, we don't. But included in the original email was a report that mrouted works better tham dvmrpd...
