Subject: lib/1696: bug in ether_ntoa (or feature? 8^)
To: None <maja@celsiustech.se>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/26/1995 19:02:14
> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 21:13:14 +0100
> From: maja@celsiustech.se

> >Number:         1696
> >Category:       lib
> >Synopsis:       ether_ntoa isn't a la Sun (as claimed)
> >Originator:     Mats O Jansson
> >Description:
> 		
> 	usr/src/lib/libc/net/ethers.c claims to be an implemenation a la Sun.
> 	But ether_ntoa returns a string different from the one returned by
> 	SunOS 4 and AIX.
> >How-To-Repeat:
> 	If ether_ntoa is called with an struct ether_addr containing the
> 	ethernet address 08:00:20:f:47:11
> 
> 	SunOS will return a string "8:0:20:f:47:11" but
> 	NetBSD will return "08:00:20:0f:47:11".

That's funny, I always found it annoying that SunOS formatted
those addresses with variable width...

Bug or feature?  (Depends on your point of view. 8^)

Gordon Ross