[PATCH] New getifaddrs implementation

[Ulrich Drepper]

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Thorsten Kukuk wrote:

> Yes, netlink is optional, but all tools to configure the network use
> netlink today.

But you can use a new glibc with old tools.  We still nominally support
a 2.0 kernel.  Based on a new __ASSUME_xxx symbol Roland's
implementation should be used as a fallback if no netlink socket could
be opened.  If the kernel is recent enough the old code can be left out.
 Somebody has to check which kernel version was the last without
mandatory netlink support.

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