[Openswan dev] Openswan-2.2.0 fails to compile on Linux-2.2.26

Nate Carlson natecars at natecarlson.com
Sun Sep 19 20:42:28 CEST 2004


On Sat, 18 Sep 2004, Hugh Daniel wrote:
> So in keeping with testing all sorts of things I just tried to upgrade a 
> production system running Linux 2.2.xx with the new Openswan 2.2.0.  It 
> failed.  Well thats not too surprising.
>
> The big question is, does it matter?  Does anyone care?  So far none of 
> our Xelerance customers care (where care == pay-to-fix) and no one from 
> the community has even noticed (where noticed == submitted-a-fix).  Is 
> 2.2 support useful or needed?

Only place I can see it being useful is in embedded systems. If it's a 
simple fix, and it won't be hard to maintain, I think it'd be a good idea; 
otherwise, I'd recommend just announcing that it's no longer supported.

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