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On 4/25/05, Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > % route add net 192.168.127.0 192.168.81.1 > add net 192.168.127.0: gateway 192.168.81.1: Network is unreachable > % ifconfig lan5 > lan5: flags=3D843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> > inet 192.168.81.12 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.81.255 > % ping 192.168.81.1 > ping 192.168.81.1 > PING 192.168.81.1: 64 byte packets > 64 bytes from 192.168.81.1: icmp_seq=3D0. time=3D0. ms > ... > % # netstat -rn > Routing tables > Destination Gateway Flags Refs Interface Pmtu > 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 0 lo0 4136 > ... > 192.168.126.0 192.168.81.1 UG 0 lan5 0 > % route add net 192.168.127.0 192.168.81.1 > add net 192.168.127.0: gateway 192.168.81.1: Network is unreachable > % ... >=20 > To make a long story short, HPUX "route" command things this is still 198= 7 > and goes >=20 > "Hmmm, no metric, let's pull 0 out of my ass" > "Hmmm, what's the gateway? How many hops away is that?" > "Hey, he said metric 0, and that's one hop!" > "This mother needs a confusing error message, telling me that 1 hop gatew= ay > is 0 hops away like that" >=20 > I just LOVE dealing with a computer that's using early-80's versions of > network utilities. Makes me nostalgic for Xenix 286 it does. NOT. >=20 > Hey, HP, it's 2005, you haven't updated this software in 20 years, isn't = it > about effing time you did? Wouldn't it have been a REALLY GOOD IDEA to ta= ke > advantage of the fact that Tru64 is based on 4.3-Reno (AKA 4.4 beta) inst= ead > of 4.2 or 4.1D or whatever prehistoric discarded backup tape you used to = spawn > HPUX from, and use it instead of this ... AUGH >=20 > HATE >=20 I guess the issue with trying to move Tru64 utilities to HP-UX is that Tru64 is, or was, OSF based rather than SysV, meaning that blurring the distinction between the two would require additional liscense from SCO (fuckers!) for each Tru64 installation. So, unless you'd like to give those fucking dickheads some money... Yours in hate, Steve Peters
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