On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 14:19:30 +0100 Thomas wrote:
TA> I agree in principle, but instead of "hacking" the new code for the old 
TA> options we may also ship a *wrapper* program (in C/sh/whatever) that 
TA> translates old to new options and calls the new code with this. This'd 
TA> have the advantage that users could *choose* whether to use the old or 
TA> new options, especially in mixed 5.2.x/5.3.x environments or when 
TA> migrating existing scripts. snmpnetstat in 5.2.x and earlier would 
TA> default to old options and 5.3+ to the new ones. What do people think?

I think it's ugly, but probably better than the alternative of shipping w/out
snmpnetstat.

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