[Linux-ha-dev] Re: an new tar ball containing autoconf/automake linux-ha

[Chris Wright]

* Shusuke Nakao (shusuke@kyushu.iij.ad.jp) wrote:
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> I tried your linux-ha-cvs-automake-0.4.tar on FreeBSD-3.4-REL, and got error like,
> 				     ~
<error message removed>

> Would you please tell me why?

The SOL_IP and SIOCGIFINDEX macros are not defined on FreeBSD 4.2 (which is
what I have access to).  When I wrote this code I knew it wasn't portable,
but didn't have access to machines to test portable solutions.  As others
mentioned, the automake/conf stuff is new.  It does not guarantee that things
are ported, just that the infrastructure is there to support portability.

Changing SOL_IP to IPPROTO_IP should be much more portable.  The whole usage
of the device index in the multicast code does not appear to be very
portable.  I have prototype versions of a more portable approach, that are
nearly complete.

Thanks for your interest.  I'll post the patch when it is complete.
-chris