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[bug-inetutils] inetutils-1.4.2: 1.4.1 problems left unfixed


From: Michael Deutschmann
Subject: [bug-inetutils] inetutils-1.4.2: 1.4.1 problems left unfixed
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 21:55:02 -0800 (PST)

Two problems I reported to this list about inetutils-1.4.1 have not been
fixed in 1.4.2.

First, libicmp/libping.c, rshd/rshd.c, and rlogin/rlogin.c all use the
"getprotobyname()" function unneccesarily.  For the latter two the use is
simply wrong -- the code dynamically looks up the value of IPPROTO_IP, but
the constant SOL_IP is actually called for.  They just happen to be
numerically equal.  For libping.c, this is a nuisance since it requires
that /etc/protocols be present on boot/root disks.

In all cases the code is bloated slightly and unneccesarily complicated.
The patch I posted for 1.4.1 is still good for 1.4.2.

Second, the build scheme links all executables with the libnsl, libresolv,
libz libraries, and additionally links libm into ping.  None of those
libraries are needed (on Linux), and uncorrected this causes an even
worse recovery-disk annoyance.

---- Michael Deutschmann <address@hidden>



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