Re: Checking libnm/NM version mismatch

[Petr Horacek <phoracek redhat com>]

st 27. 11. 2019 v 11:25 odesílatel Edward Haas via networkmanager-list
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> On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 12:06 PM Till Maas <till redhat com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Am Mi., 27. Nov. 2019 um 11:02 Uhr schrieb Edward Haas <edwardh redhat com>:
> > >
> >
> > > +1 for a warning.
> > > knmstate is using libnm in a container and contacting the host NM service though a mounted socker.
> > > So in their case, the versions may be different indeed.
> > >
> > > I would also like to see it added to the "capabilities" report:
> > >
> > > https://github.com/nmstate/nmstate/blob/e90fd3e07c482ec8e2038c6c65b86809ffaba6ce/libnmstate/netinfo.py#L67
> >
> > How do you think it should look like? Should the capabilities report
> > the libnm version?
>
>
> Yes, it will be nice to report the NM and libnm versions.
> It can even report Nmstate version and an optional schema version.
> Any metadata that can help the client make better decisions.
Is there any progress in this discussion? Is the effort tracked somewhere?
> > Kind regards
> > Till
> >
> >
> > > This way the client may decide what to do with the information (like knmstate).
> >
> > --
> > Till Maas
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