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SubjectRe: Linux 2.6.17-rc1: /sbin/iptables does not find kernel netfilter
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On Sun, 09 Apr 2006, Patrick McHardy murmured woefully:
> Nix wrote:
>>>Thanks for the help, and sorry for the noise. I hope not too many people hit
>>>the same glitch while upgrading...
>>
>>
>> I cetainly did. A simple `make oldconfig' ends up zapping pretty much
>> all the old iptables CONFIG_ options, so you end up with not much of
>> iptables or netfilter left.
>
> But it does show you all the new options. Admittedly, it would
> have been better to automatically select the new options when
> needed, but probably not worth changing it now, it has been
> like this for two releases I think.

Oh, yes, it did, and I thought they were userspace-matching related and
left them off. The real problem is that oldconfig doesn't mention when
options you *had* enabled disappear.

>> I must admit not quite understanding why the xtables stuff is needed:
>> I thought that was needed for userspace connection tracking, which
>> while it sounds cool isn't something I'm using yet.
>
> Its a unification of the matches and targets that are address family
> independant.

Ah, hence the ipv6-matching stuff turning up in 2.6.16. I see.

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