From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169]:35083 "EHLO mail-ob0-f169.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757779AbbGGO4v (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Jul 2015 10:56:51 -0400 Received: by obbop1 with SMTP id op1so130291608obb.2 for ; Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:56:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.75] (cpe-70-123-244-133.satx.res.rr.com. [70.123.244.133]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id y23sm7559245oie.13.2015.07.07.07.56.49 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 07 Jul 2015 07:56:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <559BE8B0.3020403@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2015 09:56:48 -0500 From: Bruce Dubbs MIME-Version: 1.0 To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] agetty: Reprompt once the network addresses change if address displayed 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> In-Reply-To: <20150707070716.GJ17734@vapier> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Mike Frysinger wrote: > the whole point of libmnl is to provide a clean userspace library API that 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 directly > (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 checks so that > if the system doesn't have it, it'd be disabled automatically. i'm surprised > you're complaining about libmnl but not the other large external libs that > util-linux utilizes. > > another point of information: the latest iproute2 now requires libmnl, so that > ship has already sailed. Yes, you're right. We do disable tipc in iproute2 for the same reason as we are discussing here. That's not a function that many of our users would need. If libmnl is added to util-linux, then we'll deal with it. -- Bruce