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

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On 01/15/2010 01:59 PM, Chuck Lever wrote:
> On Jan 15, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Steve Dickson wrote:
>> 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...
> 
> Do you have tests I can run to validate these patches to your satisfaction?
No... I wish I did... I just do the testing by hand... 

steved.
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