Re: CVS commit: src/dist/ntp/ntpd

[Frank Kardel <kardel%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Matthias Drochner wrote:

> kardel%NetBSD.org@localhost said:
>  
>
> > Module Name:    src Committed By:       kardel Date:            Sat Jun 17 
> > 12:11:55 UTC
> > 2006
> > Modified Files:
> >         src/dist/ntp/ntpd: ntp_io.c
> > Log Message: cope with situations where interface are UP and bound to
> > INADDR_ANY - ntpd will ignore those interfaces (bug 637
> > @bugs.ntp.isc.org) 
> >    
>
> The interfaceiter code (ifiter_sysctl.c and ifiter_ioctl.c) tries to
> ignore these.
> Would be good to understand why another layer of code is needed here.
>  
true, but not in ifiter_getifaddrs.c which is used because 
HAVE_GETIFADDRS is
defined in config.h. Thus we are actually looking at an inconsistency of 
libisc.
So actually libisc should be fixed for consistent behaviour. I'll pass 
that on.
Anyhow the extra check makes sure we don't mess up even when the lib
does.

> best regards
> Matthias
>
>  
thanks for noticing
 Frank