Re: [PATCH 3/5] ip link needs 'name' in 3.16 to create the veth pair

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On 11/26/2014 02:25 AM, Richard Weinberger wrote:

>>>> So I think we should keep that for those running the buggy 3.16.
>>>
>>> openSUSE has to fix their package and to serve a bugfix update, full stop.
>>
>> Thought that may not happen only to openSUSE... and that fix didn't harm
>> at all.
> 
> Yes, but "fixing" this issue in libvirt is not correct.
> It needs to be fixed in the right place and iproute2 this is.
> 
> libvirt is not the only user of this iproute2 feature.

I agree that making all clients work around a bug is annoying; on the
other hand, once a client has worked around it, I see no reason to force
the client to have to revert, since the workaround is arguably more legible.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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