[uml-user] Re: Forthcoming uml_switch command line incompatibility

[Michael R. <mc...@sa...>]

>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Dike <jd...@ka...> writes:
    Jeff> I made a couple of changes to uml_switch.  First, I versioned the connect 
    Jeff> protocol, which was way overdue.  Second, I made it optional to supply the
    Jeff> data socket on the command line.  Requiring the user to provide both was a
    Jeff> mistake from the start.  What happens now is that uml_switch generates a 
    Jeff> data socket on the fly and tells UML what it is in a reply to the connect
    Jeff> request.

    Jeff> In the interest of not loading down the command line with compatibility
    Jeff> requirements forever, I decided to change the format.

    Jeff> uml_switch users will need to change their scripts (and fingertips) to use
    Jeff> one of the following:

    Jeff> 	uml_switch -unix <control socket>
    Jeff> 	uml_switch -compat-v0 <control socket> <data socket>

  Thanks, we have a uml_netjig that is derived from uml_switch, which I will
update with your protocol. I may in fact attempt to factor some things out so 
that I can just replace some of my files with yours, I hope that will be
welcome.

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