svn commit: r243019 - head/sbin/route

Eitan Adler eadler at freebsd.org
Wed Nov 14 16:27:38 UTC 2012


On 14 November 2012 11:12, Ben Kaduk <minimarmot at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 4:32 AM, Gleb Smirnoff <glebius at freebsd.org> wrote:
>> A> Can the IN_CLASS[A-C]_NET... definitions go away as well?
>>
>> They are defines that don't generate any code.
>>
>> Also, on this mailing list I've promised once not to remove them :)
>
> I'm glad you remember :)

Perhaps a comment indicating they shouldn't be removed should be added?

> Andre, they are used (for better or for worse) in a multi-site
> database synchronization protocol that currently works portably across
> operating systems.  Removing them would change the semantics of that
> protocol in a subtle way that might introduce breakage.

Which one?


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