Re: Test-2.4.0-pre8 compile errors (netsyms vs netfilter duplicate

From: Daniel Stone (daniel@dustpuppy.ods.org)
Date: Sun Aug 13 2000 - 07:40:18 EST


> > > Duplicate EXPORT_SYMBOL statements. Remove one set from netsyms.c.
> >
> > Why remove the symbols from netsyms.c? Why not remove the duplicates
> > from the files in the netfilter subdirectory?
> >
> > I sent in a patch earlier to Rusty Russell to remove the duplicates. I
> > haven't received any feedback.
>
> Removing the ones from netsyms means we can migrate to having exports in the
> files they relate too. In 2.2 with the linking set up we used that isnt possi
ble

Alan,
Am I being stupid, illiterate, or just missing something fundamental?
Netfilter was only introduced in 2.3.18, so why did 2.2 and its linking ever
come into the equation, since there was never a backport and 2.2 isn't
really ever going to be a concern? Apologies for my stupidity, buuuutttt ...

Too bloody late and got a maths and Indo test tomorrow,
d

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Daniel Stone
Kernel Hacker (or at least has aspirations to be)
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