netdev - Re: [NETLINK]: Restore API compatibility of address and neighbour bits

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Date:	Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:47:52 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	drow@...se.org
Cc:	stefan@...lof.de, tgraf@...g.ch, dwmw2@...radead.org,
	joseph@...esourcery.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	libc-alpha@...rceware.org, akpm@...l.org
Subject: Re: [NETLINK]: Restore API compatibility of address and neighbour
 bits

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@...se.org>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 16:36:14 -0500

> On Fri, Dec 08, 2006 at 01:33:34PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> > From: Stefan Rompf <stefan@...lof.de>
> > Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 15:25:18 +0100 (MET)
> > 
> > > The _RTA and _PAYLOAD-macros are also part of userspace headers and need to be
> > > restored. Both dhcpclient and quagga need at least IFA_RTA and IFLA_RTA to
> > > compile, but there may be more macros than in the following patch. You may want
> > > to look at keepalived, iproute, ...
> > 
> > Those are not coming back, sorry.  They are really broken
> > and usage is extremely discouraged.
> > 
> > iproute got fixed, dhcpclient and friends should get fixed to not use
> > them either
> 
> Does this mean glibc should also?

GLIBC does not use them.
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