[BusyBox] [PATCH] networking/ping.c

Neal H Walfield neal at cs.uml.edu
Thu Jan 31 11:22:04 UTC 2002


> > Here is a patch again networking/ping.c.  This not only permits ping
> > to compile on the Hurd, but also fixes a few problems: there are
> > several superfluous zero initializers and a useless copying of
> > h->h_name to a local variable and then pointing a global variable at
> > it.  Each change is relatively small and disjoint, so I did not bother
> > sending them separately.  If you would prefer this in the future, let
> > me know.
> 
> Why did you make noresp a nested function?

It permits us to elide the global variables hostname in the
CONFIG_FEATURE_FANCY_PING case.

> > Additionally, do you need me to do a copyright assignment?
> 
> No, we're pretty lax in that regard.

If it just a question of a lack of motivation to do secretarial work,
I am sure that the FSF would be willing to help: they already do
copyright assignments for all of the GNU projects.



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