Re: Iptables-1.2.9/10 compile failure with linux 2.6.7 headers
From: David Ford
Date: Fri Jun 18 2004 - 11:43:29 EST
The current linux libc headers package is much more frequently updated
and closely matches released kernels. LLH is a sanitized linux headers
package and is currently based on 2.6.6 headers.
Yes you can build iptables on 2.6.6 for a 2.6.7 kernel. I have built
iptables once or twice a year and built kernels once or twice a week.
Iptables continues to work fine.
David
Andrew Walrond wrote:
Hi David,
On Friday 18 Jun 2004 17:10, David Ford wrote:
Iptables should be using linux-libc-headers headers instead of kernel
headers.
Is this acquired knowledge, or new Netfilter policy?
How dependant are the iptables tools on the specifc kernel running?
Ie
Can I build iptables for use on 2.6.7 kernel with 2.6.6 linux-libc-headers?
(probably)
But could I build iptables for 2.6.7 kernel with 2.4.20 linux-libc-headers?
(probably not?)
The INSTALL file states specifically to use
KERNEL_DIR=<<where-you-built-your-kernel>>
Andrew
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