Subject: Re: lib/libwrap cleanup
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@weird.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 05/24/2002 02:11:12
[ On Friday, May 24, 2002 at 13:59:11 (+0900), itojun@iijlab.net wrote: ]
> Subject: lib/libwrap cleanup
>
> lib/libwrap contains a lot of #ifdef SOLARIS and such, which is not
> really necessary for netbsd. do you mind if i remove those?
> it will simplify the code very much. due to the IPv6 support in place
> we are already different enough from the master distribution
> (unfortunate, but wietse do not have IPv6 environment yet...).
It's unlikely Wietse will ever make a new release (and the code really
needs a serious overhaul -- redesign and rewrite from the ground up),
but don't such gratuitious hacks make it even harder to merge in new
minor releases, patches, etc.?
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