select backend through environ NTRACK_BACKEND=...

Bug #889570 reported by Alexander Sack
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Alexander Sack

Bug Description

currently a random backend is selected if multiple ones can be loaded.

adding mechanism to select backend through NTRACK_BACKEND=<particle> would be useful.

<particle> should be:
 + absolute path
 + soname
 + substring of soname

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Alexander Sack (asac)
Changed in ntrack:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
milestone: none → 016
Alexander Sack (asac)
Changed in ntrack:
milestone: 016 → 017
Revision history for this message
Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

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revno: 373
fixes bug: https://launchpad.net/bugs/889570
committer: Alexander Sack <email address hidden>
branch nick: ntrack
timestamp: Tue 2014-10-28 01:38:29 +0100
message:
  add support for NTRACK_BACKEND env to select module by filename - fixes lp:889570

  Example (after make check):

  NTRACK_BACKEND=ntrack-libnl3_x.so ./common/test/mtest-monitor

Changed in ntrack:
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Revision history for this message
Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

not all of description got implemented; good enough to get started though.

Changed in ntrack:
assignee: nobody → Alexander Sack (asac)
Alexander Sack (asac)
Changed in ntrack:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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