Subject: Re: Multicast routing and unnumbered point-to-point interfaces
To: Hitoshi Asaeda <asaeda@yamato.ibm.co.jp>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 10/06/2000 11:21:09
On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 02:57:04AM +0900, Hitoshi Asaeda wrote:
> > It is also the intent to cause old source to fail to compile with the
> > new kernel headers.
>
> I'm afraid I can't understand why you insist to cause errors by
> force.
A multicast routing daemon which compiles fine but then fails to
function isn't the greatest thing, IMO. Preserving the binary
compatibility was a goal, but changing the API like that is really
the only way to force programs to get fixed (and, sometimes, even
notice that they're broken in the first place).
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-- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>