[3417] in linux-net channel archive
Re: net-tools for 2.0?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bernd Eckenfels)
Sat Jun 22 19:46:38 1996
To: submit-linux-dev-net@ratatosk.yggdrasil.com
From: ecki@tapac.inka.de (Bernd Eckenfels)
Date: 22 Jun 1996 22:43:55 GMT
tony@trishul.sci.gu.edu.au wrote:
: > PS: Yes its alpha, but thats the only version which will work with 2.0.
:
: Oh jeez, really? And if I ever boot my trusty (heavily patched but
: highly stable) 1.2.13 kernel again, I can't use these programs? OUCH!
Sure you can. Those are fully backward compatible (at least I try to be
fully compatible, look into the source, there a a lot workarounds).
: There is also the NetKit stuff, but the "current" versions are getting
: a little aged.
I talked to Florian and we agreed that he will polish them up and we will
put them on a central NetSource Site maintained by Florian.
: net-tools-1.2.0
: (see above for 1.32-alpha)
He will include net-tools as soon as they are more stable. And the
net-drivers, too.
: I'm trying to recompile all my networking software. It's all very
: confusing, and time-consuming trying to work out what's what :-(
: And frustrating to find that a lot of the older stuff simply doesn't
: compile with gcc-2.7.2/libc-5.3.12/linux-2.0.0 without (usually minor,
: sometimes major) hacking.
Well.. Debian Packages are rather up-to-date. Perhaps you have a look at
this Distribution (and its source Packages with a lot of improvements).
Greetings
Bernd
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