[Buildroot] [RFC v1 1/2] package/iptables: add option to enabel libipq build

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com
Sun Jul 25 19:57:56 UTC 2021


On Sun, 20 Jun 2021 22:56:06 +0200
Peter Seiderer <ps.report at gmx.net> wrote:

> - add option to enable libipq build
> - as libipq.h includes linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_queue.h install (not
>   provided by modern kernels otherwise?)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report at gmx.net>

Is it really a good idea to add an option for this library?

Debian dropped installing libipq 5 years ago, as this library is
deprecated:

  https://salsa.debian.org/pkg-netfilter-team/pkg-iptables/-/commit/bf21537d27ee72cc69ca0883059b315ceaf9737d

Also in 2012, iptables developers said they would keep this library for
1.5-2 years:

  https://git.netfilter.org/iptables/commit/?id=a624e0a1b2d075253b599ababd4ea1351ef42b2a

But then, when I look at the nrlsmf source code, I don't see any
reference to libipq or ip_queue.h. Am I missing something ?

Thanks,

Thomas
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