Re: Bug#3318: traceroute doesn't work with 1.2.13

[Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl>]

You (Peter Tobias) wrote:
> Michael Shields wrote:
> > Package: netstd
> > Version: 2.05-1
> > 
> > Debian 1.1 is supposed to work with kernel 1.2.13.  But traceroute is broken.
> > 
> >     traceroute: IP_HDRINCL: Protocol not available
> 
> I can disable it, but that would also disable it for all Debian users
> that use 1.3 or 2.0 kernels (which support IP_HDRINCL).

Debian 1.1 is *not* guaranteed to work with 1.2.13. This was decided
during development of Debian 1.1 as not to cripple new features.

It really is a shame both kernels are not totally compatible, but
most people will use 2.0....

Mike.
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