From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/4846 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: u-igbb@aetey.se Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Re: if_nameindex/getifaddrs and dhcpcd issue Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 09:17:14 +0200 Message-ID: <20140409071714.GB21662@example.net> References: <20140408111147.5f79729f@ncopa-desktop.alpinelinux.org> <20140408152559.124030b1@vostro> <20140408154537.GG26358@brightrain.aerifal.cx> <20140408190807.7dc6b184@vostro> <20140408224112.GH26358@brightrain.aerifal.cx> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1397027873 12993 80.91.229.3 (9 Apr 2014 07:17:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 07:17:53 +0000 (UTC) To: musl@lists.openwall.com Original-X-From: musl-return-4850-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Wed Apr 09 09:17:47 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org Original-Received: from mother.openwall.net ([195.42.179.200]) by plane.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WXmlV-0000VR-Q5 for gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Apr 2014 09:17:45 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 6020 invoked by uid 550); 9 Apr 2014 07:17:45 -0000 Mailing-List: contact musl-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Original-Received: (qmail 6012 invoked from network); 9 Apr 2014 07:17:45 -0000 X-T2-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50 Received-SPF: none receiver=mailfe01.swip.net; client-ip=96.44.189.100; envelope-from=u-igbb@aetey.se Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140408224112.GH26358@brightrain.aerifal.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:4846 Archived-At: On Tue, Apr 08, 2014 at 06:41:12PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote: > As an aside, whether netlink is essential for a full-function modern > linux system is orthogonal to whether libc should be using it. A > hypothetical non-linux kernel providing linux syscall abi could > provide completely different net config utils. (I can not help wondering why you call this hypothetical, routinely using my "linux" binaries on *BSD. Oh wait, was it because mentioning demons' names is inappropriate? :) Sure, it is valuable that the "general" and "kernel internals specific" functionality is separated, please keep it this way where possible. Rune