From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([140.211.166.183]:41271 "EHLO smtp.gentoo.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751554AbbGGP4t (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jul 2015 11:56:49 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 11:56:47 -0400 From: Mike Frysinger To: Bruce Dubbs Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] agetty: Reprompt once the network addresses change if address displayed Message-ID: <20150707155647.GL17734@vapier> References: <1435928288-25644-1-git-send-email-stefw@redhat.com> <20150706140711.GF17734@vapier> <559ACFC3.6050303@gmail.com> <20150707042512.GI17734@vapier> <559B5E22.2050902@gmail.com> <20150707070716.GJ17734@vapier> <559BE8B0.3020403@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="NxDiCysn+RCvdoZt" In-Reply-To: <559BE8B0.3020403@gmail.com> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --NxDiCysn+RCvdoZt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 07 Jul 2015 09:56, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > the whole point of libmnl is to provide a clean userspace library API t= hat is > > completely standalone & minimal (it's in the name) so people don't have= to > > learn the low level netlink APIs nor have to include linux/ headers dir= ectly > > (which often lead to clashes with the C libraries). libmnl itself is <= 20KiB, > > so i don't buy the bloat argument. > > > > even then, if we do use libmnl in util-linux, it'd have configure check= s so that > > if the system doesn't have it, it'd be disabled automatically. i'm sur= prised > > you're complaining about libmnl but not the other large external libs t= hat > > util-linux utilizes. > > > > another point of information: the latest iproute2 now requires libmnl, = so that > > ship has already sailed. >=20 > Yes, you're right. We do disable tipc in iproute2 for the same reason=20 > as we are discussing here. That's not a function that many of our users= =20 > would need. If libmnl is added to util-linux, then we'll deal with it. at some point i think it's going to be inevitable. my (bystander) view is = that=20 they'll be moving to use it more. -mike --NxDiCysn+RCvdoZt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVm/a/AAoJEEFjO5/oN/WBTkgP/jS607MHqzhA+aF40E9cC4lG XwRtXAKQUg8teFBGpt5J/F9q+kTbbRkZupCIqdPkxpIYwMaRR/sLVZCHcCYUTBki juKShiDtVNeqeu8eQgd2aMLae4WG0AOhj7yLoGhvy8dNaZuQejflZTgHsg1iV9so a9JaFRXWOt1+JeRdpHg0SufNqo8/kMp1oB7P9OmCo0XzaarnEn3QMgI7UT55c6D2 IwLkQLOxl3rOKpHUK+IPawy9rfZl5G/1dzY/IBqSvHkZheWoodNCsnwdQjON4g/t PcNbGRqXfn9WSJgK1WelW5TmJak0GH8B8b3PHNx5nz+JJE+seSru6z3kk5HD4ozt mWdTQ0wGiL6wytXM739oXNOSAW/Qc0CnRmOpDwvpeZHf50Mz6ZvpqG+sGmMmfY46 dM/AfIn95WbdOrvawJN5bDLpmnmK6lCfP84fldApPQa4p2xQYBDAbpSLUkHVeAZc i5pcywghk/OXqHdil0IHf1fpfV8uLPpI0imRKN5xpqiK077d+GMIMsH1k0Wvfhsh U+w4qfXR7Vw7NTvgE5IoaX8nn3CQXI2sKcDfN/ydzcc7WDTUx4LtbhbR9j4KE/Gj +FYbtlTGoYTmXFJbjogSahBDGMyVBQ/eXOrpfKzgikW76XaiQEUKPSuThgLOMye7 7Jpmj8dI4tuR6mo1/ONp =nhA8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --NxDiCysn+RCvdoZt--