Re: [gentoo-dev] deprecating libnet-1.0.x (it's about time)

[Brian Jackson <iggy@gentoo.org>]

On Tuesday 19 August 2003 03:56 pm, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> libnet-1.0.x has been deprecated for sometime (well, since 1.1.x has been
> releeased), but we still were using libnet-1.0.x as the only libnet in
> portage ... reason being that many (well the majority) of apps that use
> libnet use libnet-1.0 ...
> unfortunately, 1.0.x and 1.1.x are not API compatible ...
>
> i just released a short time ago libnet versions that SLOT into 1.0 and 1.1
> ... right now, libnet-1.0 occupies the 'default' position (libnet.a,
> libnet.h, libnet-config, etc...) while libnet-1.1 occupies libnet-1.1.a and
> libnet-1.1.h ... i would like to switch that around and patch all the apps
> that use libnet-1.0.x to point to the 'old' libnet location (-lnet becomes
> -lnet-1.0, libnet-config becomes libnet-1.0-config, etc...) ...
> the benefits (for those who havent caught on yet):
> rather than constantly maintaining patches for new apps that use 1.1, we
> only have to patch once (see below) for the 1.0 apps
>
> the good news !
> first: libnet is a static library, thus all your install apps will not be
> affected :D
> second: if a libnet app tries to link against the wrong libnet, you *will*
> know :)  they bomb out with some sweet compile/linker errors
> third: ive already made the ebuilds to put libnet-1.0.x into the
> 'deprecated' position and to put libnet-1.1.x into the 'regular' position
> fourth: ive already made the patches against all libnet-1.0.x apps in
> portage
>
> :D
>
> fifth: umm, it's a good thing
>
> the bad news !
> well, none really ... but if you help maintain any of the following apps
> i'd like to hear about it since ive got a patch for your source:
> net-analyzer/angst
> net-analyzer/arping (has 1.0 and 1.1 version)
> net-analyzer/dsniff
> net-analyzer/egressor
> net-analyzer/hogwash (this needs a lot of work ...)
> net-analyzer/isic
> net-analyzer/paketto (well not really, it uses a bundled libnet)
> net-analyzer/snort (has 1.0 and 1.1 version)
> net-analyzer/tcptraceroute
> net-analyzer/zodiac
> net-dns/dnshijacker
> net-libs/libnids (this is SLOT-ed now too since it works with 1.0 and 1.1)
> net-libs/libnet
> net-misc/nemesis
> net-misc/rarpd
> sys-cluster/heartbeat

AFAIK heartbeat will work with either version of libnet, and I know it will 
work with 1.1 since that is the version I use.

--iggy

>
> i'd like to roll these changes into ~ (and well, afaik, all i gotta do is
> commit these ebuilds in my local portdir) soon
>
> feedback is welcome :)
> -mike
>
>
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