bird 2.0.2 does not propagate krt_metric set in static routes when exporting to kernel (and couple other small issues in static protocol)

Hi, Looks like setting of krt_metric in bird 2.0.2 does not work like in bird 1.6. Construction like: protocol static static4 { route 0.0.0.0/0 via 1.1.1.1 { krt_metric = 1; }; } is accepted, I see the route exported to the kernel, but with default bird metric 32. Yes, I know

RE: manipulating the best path, eBGP, MED?

Hey Jerry, Sorry to bother you, as I was working on my BGP implementation I stumbled across a problem. This led me to the Bird mailing list on an article that described my problem exactly. But it was an item I created with your answer describing the solution. At the time I forgot to go further