Subject: libpcap and LBL
To: None <itojun@netbsd.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 07/02/1999 11:55:59
Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@netbsd.org> writes:
> Module Name:	basesrc
> Committed By:	itojun
> Date:		Fri Jul  2 10:05:22 UTC 1999
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	basesrc/lib/libpcap: Makefile gencode.c gencode.h grammar.y
> 	    nametoaddr.c optimize.c pcap-bpf.c pcap-namedb.h scanner.l
> 
> Log Message:
> support IPv6 address and IPv6 protocols.
[...]
> I've sent this fix to LBL guys to get no response.  I wonder why it was.

There's a lot of grumbling in the community to the effect that LBL
does not accept fixes back for libpcap and tcpdump. Users should
probably start a project to maintain the code apart from LBL.

Perry