On Sun, 18 Oct 1998, Malware wrote:
> Sascha Schumann wrote:
> > The behaviour of the code isn't correct in this context. A (sysctl & 3) is
> > only true, if the user has enabled verbosity and will always be false, if
> > he doesn't want to see something (`quiet mode').
>
> No. sysctl_ip_dynaddr&3 != 0 as soon as one of the first two bits is
Right. I'll have a coffee and go to bed then.
> set. So it is TRUE for the case the feature or the verbose mode is
> enabled. This is handled this way to be compatible with the original
> code.
Hm..why?
> With your change try to set sysctl_ip_dynaddr to 2 as documented
> and see what will happen - Nothing!
So, if I'd set dynaddr to 10 to get verbosity + asymetric routing hack,
then the code would behave as I would have enabled bit 0 which is
obviously not true. Lack of consistency for some compatibility?
Sascha
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