De-orbitting mrouted
Andre Oppermann
andre at freebsd.org
Thu Sep 28 03:27:49 PDT 2006
Bruce M Simpson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I think it would be a good idea if we de-orbit /usr/sbin/mrouted in
> 7-CURRENT. Several reasons:
>
> 1. DVMRP is not specified for any new multicast installations; PIM is
> the de-facto standard now.
> 2. The code generates warnings during a buildworld (see bin/71633)
> 3. Given point (1) it probably doesn't belong in the base system; there
> is more interest in multicast these days because of things like
> zeroconf, however, DVMRP no longer belongs in a PIM world.
>
> What say thee?
Let it vaporize upon reentry into the atmosphere!
--
Andre
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