Re: [patch] fix statd -n

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On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 02:31:40PM -0400, Janne Karhunen wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 2:25 PM, J. Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >  >         /*
> >  >          * If a local hostname is given (-n option to statd), bind to
> >  > the address
> >  >          * specified. This is required to support clients that ignore
> >  > the mon_name in
> >  >          * the statd protocol but use the source address from the
> >  > request packet.
> >  >          */
> >
> >  Weird--I dont' see that comment.
> 
> All original nfs-utils-1.0.12 tarball; indeed strange.

I was looking at recent git.  Note the most recent tarball on
sourceforge.net is 1.1.2, and that has the relevant changes.

--b.

> 
> But to be honest, I don't instantly understand how
> this would work without -n at all (apart blind luck).
> INADDR_ANY has no guarantees..
> 
> 
> -- 
> // Janne
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