Re: [tipc-discussion] Proposed TIPC 1.7.7-rc4 patch to correct bug in earlier "Ignore broadcast acknowledgements ..." patch

[Stephens, A. <all...@wi...>]

Al wrote:

> A.R. Karthick has recently identified an apparent problem with the recently
> published TIPC 1.7 patch "Ignore broadcast acknowledgements that are out-
> of-range". This email contains a supplementary patch that is designed to
> correct the bug introduced by that patch.
> 
> Any TIPC 1.7.7-rc4 user who has incorporated the defective patch and wishes
> to test this corrective patch can apply it to their system directly; there is no
> need to remove the previous patch. Feedback on this new patch -- either
> positive or negative -- is greatly appreciated. Once I've got some assurance
> that the corrective patch really does what it's supposed to, and doesn't
> introduce any new issues, I'll make it generally available in the TIPC 1.7 git
> repository at SourceForge.

A.R. has reported that the supplementary patch seems to be working well, so I've pushed the patch out to SourceForge; it can be found at http://tipc.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=tipc/tipc;a=summary. TIPC 1.7.7-rc4 users are reminded that they need to apply both the original (defective) patch and the corrective patch to obtain the desired behavior; the recommended approach is to apply *all* post-TIPC 1.7.7-rc4 patches in the order they were created, thereby providing the latest-and-greatest version of TIPC 1.7 currently available.

Regards,
Al