Re: [tcpdump] After setjmp/longjmp update

[Francois-Xavier Le Bail via tcpdump-workers <tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org>]

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> From: Francois-Xavier Le Bail <devel.fx.lebail () orange fr>
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> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2020 21:36:49 +0100
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> On 05/09/2020 18:20, Francois-Xavier Le Bail via tcpdump-workers wrote:
> > Hello,
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> > Some people ask for a new version of tcpdump.
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> > To understand why we cannot release now, here is some information:
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> > We are in the process to harden the tcpdump code with use of new (GET_) macros (with setjmp/longjmp
> > logic) to fetch the packet data without have to do ND_TCHECK_/ND_TTEST_ macro calls before EXTRACT_
> > macros calls.
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> > [...]
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> Hello,
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> The post setjmp/longjmp updates take more time than expected. About 30% of the work is done.
> To avoid keeping too long the other updates in the master branch, we plan to release soon a 4.99.0
> version. 5.0.0 will be the released later when all the "pre-longjmp" logic will be removed.
> In this transitional step the only visible effect should be that the -x/-X options will not always
> show the link-layer header in truncation cases.
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> -- 
> Francois-Xavier
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