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DateThu, 29 Oct 1998 21:10:57 -0700 (MST)
FromDarrin Chandler <>
SubjectRe: [RFC] /proc/fs/nfsd/exports
On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote:

> > There is no question in my mind - printing out IPv4 addresses as hex
> > "integers" is wrong. It has always been wrong, and it's wrong now. It
> > happens to be very simple, which is the excuse for doing it, but it's
> > still wrong.
> 
> Yet netmasks are bit-oriented, thus more intelligible as hex
> integers.

And they are crystal clear as base2. But that's not how everyone writes
them.

I can understand people complaining about /proc changing between versions.
It's a pain. All interface changes are. But it's worth it to move to a
system that you can live with for along time.

Darrin Chandler
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