[Xorp-cvs] XORP cvs commit: xorp/libxipc xorp

Mark Handley M.Handley@cs.ucl.ac.uk
Sat, 04 Jun 2005 10:13:31 +0100


>Log message:
>	* Add support to set the finder server address from the
>	  XORP_FINDER_SERVER_ADDRESS environmental variable.
>	  This variable in combination with the existing
>	  XORP_FINDER_CLIENT_ADDRESS can be used to run the XORP processes
>	  on different machines.
>	
>	* Rename the existing XORP_FINDER_CLIENT_PORT environmental variable
>	  to XORP_FINDER_SERVER_PORT (to reflect better its purpose).
>	  Note that we cannot set the client port, because it is automatically
>	  assigned/selected by the sockets.

I'm confused.  Are you saying that to rib (say) bgp on a different
machine, I need to set XORP_FINDER_CLIENT_ADDRESS and
XORP_FINDER_SERVER_PORT to communicate with the remote finder?  Surely
they should be consistent.

 - Mark