Re: libifconfig: A C API for ifconfig

2016-03-05 Thread dan_partelly
On Sat, 05 Mar 2016 10:55:08 +, Marie Helene Kvello-Aune wrote: > Hey. > > I agree it would be useful to make libifconfig available for previous > versions through ports. > > This is not something I'm focusing on right now, but I don't think there > will be any trouble building the library o

Re: libifconfig: A C API for ifconfig

2016-03-05 Thread Marie Helene Kvello-Aune
Hey. I agree it would be useful to make libifconfig available for previous versions through ports. This is not something I'm focusing on right now, but I don't think there will be any trouble building the library outside of base. There's one potential problem I can think of right now: Kernel ABI

Re: libifconfig: A C API for ifconfig

2016-03-04 Thread Roman Bogorodskiy
Marie Helene Kvello-Aune wrote: > Hey! > > I'm currently working on a library called 'libifconfig' which will provide > a C API to do the actual work that /sbin/ifconfig currently does, except > that of lib80211. What sparked this project was a wish to simplify > maintenance of the ifconfig pro

Re: libifconfig: A C API for ifconfig

2016-03-04 Thread Pavel Odintsov
Hello! Great idea! Amazing! :) On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Marie Helene Kvello-Aune wrote: > Hey! > > Yes, I am aware of libxo, and I hope that libxo-ification of /sbin/ifconfig > will be easier to do once the 'hairy' bits aren't a part of /sbin/ifconfig > any more. :) > > - Marie Helene > >

Re: libifconfig: A C API for ifconfig

2016-03-04 Thread Marie Helene Kvello-Aune
Hey! Yes, I am aware of libxo, and I hope that libxo-ification of /sbin/ifconfig will be easier to do once the 'hairy' bits aren't a part of /sbin/ifconfig any more. :) - Marie Helene On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 4:20 PM Alan Somers wrote: > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Marie Helene Kvello-Aune <

Re: libifconfig: A C API for ifconfig

2016-03-04 Thread Alan Somers
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Marie Helene Kvello-Aune < mariehelen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey! > > I'm currently working on a library called 'libifconfig' which will provide > a C API to do the actual work that /sbin/ifconfig currently does, except > that of lib80211. What sparked this project