Re: pkg/47943 (recent update to libpcap breaks tcpdump, nmap and wireshark on Solaris)

[Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/47943; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jonathan Perkin <jperkin%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: solaris-pkg-people%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
        pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, 
joern.clausen%uni-bielefeld.de@localhost
Subject: Re: pkg/47943 (recent update to libpcap breaks tcpdump, nmap and
 wireshark on Solaris)
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 09:35:48 +0100

 >  You broke it, you should fix it...
 
 Well, please provide a patch which works, then.  While regrettable, the
 simple fact is that we have many orders of magnitude more illumos-based
 users than legacy Solaris, and the priority is on supporting those
 systems.
 
 I try very hard not to break older SunOS releases but it isn't always
 possible due to the lack of testing environments, and it is not clear if
 we would be in violation of Oracle's licensing agreement if we were to
 build one without a support contract.
 
 So, we are reliant on users of these legacy systems to provide patches for
 the rare cases where we have broken support, and if the patches look good
 we will integrate them.  Simply telling us that things are broken is not
 helpful as we have no way of developing fixes.
 
 Regards,
 
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