Re: trpt(8) to be decomissioned

I'm sorry if this is an inappropriate suggestion, but I think it would be neat if there was a place in the ports hierarchy for retired programs like trpt. Maybe a "historical" or "archival" directory for programs phased out of from base, especially ones that are almost four decades old.

-Max

Nov 3, 2022 11:04:07 PM Mike Karels <mike@karels.net>:

> On 3 Nov 2022, at 22:48, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> 
>>   Hi,
>> 
>> trpt(8) is utility to pull TCP debugging data from the kernel
>> in 4.2BSD. We still have it in the base, with corresponding
>> TCPDEBUG option in the kernel and SO_DEBUG socket option.
>> 
>> At the same time we have much more powerful debugging facilities
>> for TCP, e.g. the Dtrace probing, the TCP black box logging and
>> siftr.  These are the tools that modern developers use.
>> 
>> Already touched this topic with rscheff@, tuexen@, rrs@ and jtl@.
>> None of them new what trpt(8) is :) Looks like a good justification
>> to me.
> 
> I have used trpt, but not for many years.  It was done before tcpdump
> as well.  Its time has long since gone.
> 
>         Mike
>> -- 
>> Gleb Smirnoff