[uClinux-dev] Upgrading to newer bridge-utils

[Greg Ungerer]

Hi,

glhs329 at gmail.com wrote:
> The bridge-utils package is pretty old (0.9.6), so I looked into what
> it would take to upgrade (the latest is 1.2, see
> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=26089). I
> encountered a problem building 1.2 (and posted a query to the bridge
> mail list), but had no problem porting bridge-utils-1.1 into the
> uClinux environment. The only "patch" to submit is the makefile that
> deals with running configure and the romfs target.

That is good :-)


> I also downloaded the original 0.9.6, and discovered the uClinux-dist
> package contains several changes that I can't sort out. I suspect some
> changes are fix bugs, but other changes add or modify the original
> package's behavior ("brctl show ANY").
> 
> So what's the procedure for moving forward? Does this group know the
> history behind the uClinux changes, and whether current projects still

I can't say I know what the changes might be for .


> rely on them? How do we trade off retaining old "enhancements" without
> becoming tied to old versions? I noticed uClinux-dist-test includes a
> new (2.4) pppd, and kept the old by providing pppd-2.3. Would a
> similar approach work for bridge-utils?

It could, but I really prefer dumping old version when we move forward,
if we can.

I would say the thing to do is post your patches to the new one (or the
one you propose to move to) and a pointer to the original sources you
used. If it looks ok then we will just merge it (hopefully replacing
the old one all together).

Regards
Greg



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