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libnet-1.0.x has been deprecated for sometime (well, since 1.1.x has been |
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releeased), but we still were using libnet-1.0.x as the only libnet in |
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portage ... reason being that many (well the majority) of apps that use |
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libnet use libnet-1.0 ... |
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unfortunately, 1.0.x and 1.1.x are not API compatible ... |
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i just released a short time ago libnet versions that SLOT into 1.0 and 1.1 |
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... right now, libnet-1.0 occupies the 'default' position (libnet.a, |
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libnet.h, libnet-config, etc...) while libnet-1.1 occupies libnet-1.1.a and |
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libnet-1.1.h ... i would like to switch that around and patch all the apps |
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that use libnet-1.0.x to point to the 'old' libnet location (-lnet becomes |
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-lnet-1.0, libnet-config becomes libnet-1.0-config, etc...) ... |
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the benefits (for those who havent caught on yet): |
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rather than constantly maintaining patches for new apps that use 1.1, we only |
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have to patch once (see below) for the 1.0 apps |
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the good news ! |
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first: libnet is a static library, thus all your install apps will not be |
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affected :D |
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second: if a libnet app tries to link against the wrong libnet, you *will* |
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know :) they bomb out with some sweet compile/linker errors |
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third: ive already made the ebuilds to put libnet-1.0.x into the 'deprecated' |
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position and to put libnet-1.1.x into the 'regular' position |
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fourth: ive already made the patches against all libnet-1.0.x apps in portage |
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:D |
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fifth: umm, it's a good thing |
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the bad news ! |
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well, none really ... but if you help maintain any of the following apps i'd |
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like to hear about it since ive got a patch for your source: |
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net-analyzer/angst |
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net-analyzer/arping (has 1.0 and 1.1 version) |
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net-analyzer/dsniff |
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net-analyzer/egressor |
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net-analyzer/hogwash (this needs a lot of work ...) |
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net-analyzer/isic |
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net-analyzer/paketto (well not really, it uses a bundled libnet) |
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net-analyzer/snort (has 1.0 and 1.1 version) |
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net-analyzer/tcptraceroute |
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net-analyzer/zodiac |
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net-dns/dnshijacker |
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net-libs/libnids (this is SLOT-ed now too since it works with 1.0 and 1.1) |
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net-libs/libnet |
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net-misc/nemesis |
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net-misc/rarpd |
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sys-cluster/heartbeat |
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i'd like to roll these changes into ~ (and well, afaik, all i gotta do is |
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commit these ebuilds in my local portdir) soon |
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feedback is welcome :) |
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-mike |
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