tcpdump mailing list archives
Re: Legacy non-Linux support
From: Gert Doering <gert () greenie muc de>
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2019 20:52:59 +0200
Hi, On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 11:29:24AM -0700, Guy Harris wrote:
While we're discussing dropping support for older OSes: Do we still need to worry about: SunOS prior to 4.x NIT? SunOS 4.x STREAMS NIT? IRIX? DEC OSF/1^W^WDigital UNIX^W^WTru64 UNIX?
My take on this on other projects has been "no, because if they really need it, they can always compile an older version of libFOO, and use that". (This is also relevant for questions like "can we start using C99 features, even if SunOS 4 does not have C99 compiler") The risk in cutting off support for legacy things (Linux 1.x, SunOS 4, etc.) is that you might need to do a "libpcap.old.1" release in case a security critical bug is found. But I certainly can't tell you what to do, just bring in a few cents of thinking, as someone who maintains "portable" unix stuff, and also loves running old machines :-) (so, don't drop support for SunOS 4 in tcpdump) gert -- "If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come out. Never doubted it myself till I met a computer with a sense of humor." Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress Gert Doering - Munich, Germany gert () greenie muc de _______________________________________________ tcpdump-workers mailing list tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org https://lists.sandelman.ca/mailman/listinfo/tcpdump-workers
Current thread:
- Legacy non-Linux support Guy Harris (Oct 07)
- Re: Legacy non-Linux support Gert Doering (Oct 07)
- Re: Legacy non-Linux support Guy Harris (Oct 07)