On Tuesday 2015-06-09 11:31, Ludwig Nussel wrote:
The net-tools package in Factory is completely outdated. We have version 1.60 from 2001(!)
Well, that is the date of the most recent tarball. Tarballs are a reasonable base, if you ask me :)
there is an at least slightly more current git repo (last update 2013) at sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/ That one is also used by Fedora, Gentoo, Arch etc.
Anyone up to taking the challenge of rebasing the patches in the net-tools package to that git version?
Anyone considering it: Be aware that there return for that is already diminishingly low, and that his/her time is probably better invested in removing Requires: net-tools from the few remaining packages. openSUSE's boot does not depend on net-tools, neither does Fedora's. Fedora's dhcp-server does not depend on it either (while openSUSE's still does). The ship has sunk long ago… the remains only float because of buoyancy. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org