On 2022/02/23 09:16, Theo de Raadt wrote: > Stuart Henderson <stu.li...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > > > On 2022-02-21, Trace the Route <trace.the.ro...@protonmail.com> wrote: > > > Is it possible to include a newer version of mrouted in the base > > > installation of OpenBSD? The existing version of mrouted (v3.8) is > > > obviously quite old and lacks functionality found in newer versions. > > > > > > For example, the existing version of mrouted is not able to bind to > > > both ends of a pair(4) interface, whereas the latest version (v4.4) > > > has no issue with this. > > > > It probably makes more sense to remove it from base. Do you fancy writing > > a port so it can be included there instead? > > I dunno... > > It seems to me that if multicast routing is going to be maintained in our > base tree, we probably want base utilities for it. Otherwise, how would > anyone working in base development remember to test it when they make > changes?
Utilities yes, but do we need two different DVMRP daemons, one OpenBSD-style and privsepped and the other old and unmaintained? > Sadly, we don't appear to have a mrouted developer.
