[bug-inetutils] Re: route

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   >   Apart from NetworkManager, here is another user of libnl:
   >   http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Documentation/iw
   >
   > I have never heard of that program, nor is it installed on any of the
   > machines I use.

   "I have not heard of X" is not a mark of a sound technical reason.

When it comes to "is FOO widely used", then yes, that is a technical
reasoning.  We will not depend on some non-standard library for core
functionality that is not included atleast by default on most
GNU/Linux systems.