Subject: Re: writable file descriptors in libpcap
To: Mark Allman <mallman@grc.nasa.gov>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 10/22/2002 06:41:14
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 09:17:20AM -0400, Mark Allman wrote:

 > But, why not add this change to the libpcap maintained at
 > tcpdump.org and then use their code in netbsd?  It seems like the
 > way to go if you're really looking for a non-OS specific solution.

Yah, I'll send the change to tcpdump-workers.

 > Or, maybe there is a reason netbsd is maintaining their own libpcap
 > that I don't understand (?).

Well, our pcap still has features that the tcpdump.org one does not,
so we're still going to be maintaining our own for a while.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>