Re: Iptables-1.2.9/10 compile failure with linux 2.6.7 headers

[David Ford]

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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