iptables-1.4.4

[Randy McMurchy]

Version increment to 1.4.2

​http://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html

[Jeremy Henty]

Unlike iptables-1.3.x, iptables-1.4.x is autotooled. After experimenting I suggest the following configure command:

./configure \
    --prefix=/usr \
    --bindir=/sbin \
    --sbindir=/sbin \
    --libdir=/lib \
    --libexecdir=/lib \
    --with-pkgconfigdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig

This creates files:

/lib/libxtables.*
/lib/xtables/{libipt,libip6t,libxt}_*.so
/sbin/{iptables*,ip6tables*,iptables-xml}
/usr/include/xtables.h
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xtables.pc
/usr/share/man/man8/{iptables,ip6tables}*.8

If you leave out '--bindir=/sbin' then iptables-xml installs to /usr/bin (maybe that's better than the current /sbin?).

If you leave out '--with-pkgconfigdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig' then xtables.pc installs to /lib/pkgconfig, which is surely wrong.

If you leave out '--libexecdir=/lib' then xtables/*.so install to /usr/libexec, which is wrong.

I hope this is useful.

[Jeremy Henty]

Also, the sed hack of iptables.xslt in the iptables-1.3.x instructions is unnecessary in iptables-1.4.x. The syntax has been fixed and the sed command changes nothing.

[Randy McMurchy]

Modified milestone from 6.4 to 6.5

[Randy McMurchy]

Version increment to 1.4.4

[bdubbs@…]

Fixed in revision 8300.

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Milestone 6.5 deleted