Re: ifconfig and some minor fixes.

[Alain Magloire]

> 
> > Not a problem.  I can provide an implemetation if you wish.
> > Actually I think there is one part of glibc(sorry don't remember
> > the file ... wait ... let me check ....)
> <..snip..>
> > - oops! Just Noticed if_index.c, SA_LEN() should not be use
> > It was part of an older draft and use on BSD.  Later it was
> > pull out of the draft.  You should not rely on it to exist.
> > And if fact it does not exist on QNX/Neutrino.
> 
> Actually it is taken care of in the if_index.c patch that I
> sent with the message that spawned the discussion. It also
> implements if_nameindex() :^)

oops! Can you send this patch again please.
I'll take a look and try it on QNX/Neutrino.

> 
> > - sa_family_t  does not exist on Neutrino, can we provide
> > a check for it in configure.in  and define in config.h
> >     typedef unsigned short int sa_family_t;
> > or in the appropriate file.
> 
> > - ifr->ifr_netmask ??? Could not find a definition
> > for this ... but SIOCGIFNETMASK was defined.
> > I did not investigate, running out of cycles.
> 
> This patch will handle it, I guess:
..
> Index: configure.in

Excellent!
Send the if_nameindex.c functions, I'll kosher it,
if need it be for QNX/Neutrino.

I will resubmit the two patches to Marcus later
for approval.

Was there other thing in your original patches
that when unnoticed?

--
alain