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List:       freebsd-net
Subject:    Re: Question about netmask retrieval
From:       "Justin C. Walker" <justin () apple ! com>
Date:       1999-11-15 3:40:17
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> From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
> Date: 1999-11-14 19:35:43 -0800
> To: justin@apple.com
> Subject: Question about netmask retrieval
> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG
> In-reply-to: <199911142249.OAA00738@walker3.apple.com>
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> <<On Sun, 14 Nov 1999 14:49:39 -0800, "Justin C. Walker"  
<justin@apple.com>
> said:
>
> > Bug?  Feature?  I know there are alternative ways to do this, but   
> > I'm curious about the reason for this behavior.
>
> I'd call it a misbug.  It's probably a bug, but anything that stops 
> people from using the dain-bramaged old interface is a feature.  Use 
> sysctl or PF_ROUTE, as appropriate.

Thanks; I'd forgotten about the brain damage.

j

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