Re: [PATCH 0/6] IPv6 support for nfs-utils tcpwrapper shim

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On 01/15/2010 01:27 PM, Chuck Lever wrote:
> On Jan 15, 2010, at 1:04 PM, Steve Dickson wrote:
>> On 01/15/2010 12:49 PM, Chuck Lever wrote:
>>> These patches provide IPv6 support for the tcpwrapper shim inside
>>> nfs-utils.  It assumes that the generic tcpwrapper library can
>>> support IPv6 addresses.  It has not been extensively tested, but
>>> I think the framework is reasonable, and only minor bug fixes might
>>> be needed as we go along.
>> Did you do any simple "hello world" testing?
> 
> I've build-tested them.  Jeff and I had them applied while doing the
> statd testing.  They don't appear to cause problems when no allow/deny
> sets exist.
> 
> I thought we would have more time to test and review these, so I haven't
> done more extensive testing so far.  In any case, I don't think they
> will be harmful, and can serve as a place marker for that feature as the
> beta moves forward.
Unfortunately I have broken these before and it was awful painful... :-(
Right or wrong... there is still a large number of people that depend
on this archaic routines... we need to be very careful... 

steved.
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