Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | "Manfred Bartz" <> | Subject | Re: IP Acounting Idea for 2.5 | Date | 17 Apr 2001 12:37:16 +1000 |
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Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> writes:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 12:07:31PM +1000, Manfred Bartz wrote: > > Resetable counters guarantee that no two programs can co-exists if > > they happen to reset the same counters. > > That sounds like crap (sorry).
Care to explain how two independent apps can co-exists if they happen to reset the same counters?
> so why are your applications resetting counters then?
Ask the authors, not me. I wiped those apps from my system. Its just a pity about the time wasted.
> Nobody forces you to reset them right now.
Why do authors then write apps (f.e. ipac) which reset counters? Perhaps only because they can, not because it makes sense.
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