netdev - Re: [PATCH] iproute2 add hoplimit and reordering route options usage and parsing

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Message-ID: <4ACB39F2.6080002@codefidence.com>
Date:	Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:37:06 +0200
From:	Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...efidence.com>
To:	Andreas Henriksson <andreas@...al.se>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ori@...sleep.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] iproute2 add hoplimit and reordering route options usage
 and parsing

Andreas Henriksson wrote:

> Hello!
>
> On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 10:54:21AM +0200, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
>   
>> iproute2 git HEAD (spotted originally on 2.6.26, so it's probably not new) 
>> does  not parse the hoplimit route option when proccessing parameters, nor 
>> does it  print hoplimit and reordering options in the usage lines.  
>>     
>
> I'm happy you brought this up and know the author. The Debian package
> has been carrying this code, which is now in the form of a patch available
> here:
> http://git.debian.org/?p=collab-maint/pkg-iproute.git;a=blob;f=debian/patches/hoplimit.dpatch
>
> I didn't know who the original author was which is why I haven't submitted it,
> but it seems you know the history....
>   
Not exactly. I know the history of the patch *I sent* (and btw, it seems 
I got the author name wrong). I don't think it is related to the one 
Debian is carrying.
> The above patch also includes some minor documentation updates which you seem
> to be missing and might want to integrate in your version of the patch.
>   
All right. I will add those documentation changes as well and resend as 
version 2.
> Looking forward to be able to drop the patch in the debian package!
>
>
>
>   
I take it you ACK the patch as the Debian package maintainer?

Thanks!
Gilad


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