Re: [MERGE] Use libcap instead of direct linux capability syscalls

Alexander Huemer wrote:
> Amos Jeffries wrote:
>> On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:04:26 +0200, Henrik Nordstrom
>> <henrik_at_henriknordstrom.net> wrote:
>>
>>> mån 2009-10-19 klockan 12:10 +1300 skrev Amos Jeffries:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Um, is that function libcap2 specific?
>>>>
>>> Not sure when it was added. Checking... seems to be 2.09. Added to the
>>> git repository Sat Mar 29 21:40:06 2008 -0700.
>>>
>>> There is also a libcap-ng project these days, with yet another API..
>>>
>> The other was mentioned as a possible requirement as well. I have not
>> spent any time seeing whether its worth it or not to support libcap-ng. Do
>> you know enough about them both to pick?
>>
>>
>>>> It may be related to the LIBCAP_BROKEN identifier or another such test
>>>> for the specific function may be worth adding...
>>>>
>>> I rather have one code base than two here.. either libcap is used or it
>>> is not. Using libcap if found working or raw syscalls if not does not
>>> sound like a good idea to me.
>>>
>>> But maybe we can require a reasonably current libcap-2 for TPROXY
>>> support? It requires a custom kernel anyway on the systems with too old
>>> libcap implementations I think.
>>>
>> We can do that yes. I think I would also rather do it too. It paves the
>> way for a clean deprecation cycle now that TPROXYv4 kernels are effectively
>> mainstream:
>>
>> 3.0: (2008-2010) TPROXYv2 with libcap + libcap2
>> 3.1: (2010-2012) support TPROXYv2 + TPROXYv4 with libcap2
>> 3.2: (2011?) support TPROXYv4 with libcap2
>>
>> Amos
>>
>>
> i guess this fix went into squid 3.1.0.14 ... ?
> the gentoo package for that version just appeared in the portage tree
> and i installed it.
> no more warning messages in dmesg. good job!
> will this find it's way into squid 3.0 too ?
> or can i wait for 3.2 ? i did not find a planned release date.
>
> regards
> -alex

The Gentoo hack fix is the only thing included so far (must be what you
see in 3.1.0.14) and will also be in 3.0.STABLE20 when that comes out.

Amos

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