Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:39:54 -0400 | | From | David Ford <> | | Subject | Re: Iptables-1.2.9/10 compile failure with linux 2.6.7 headers |
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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 > > begin:vcard fn:David Ford n:Ford;David email;internet:david@blue-labs.org title:Industrial Geek tel;home:Ask please tel;cell:(203) 650-3611 x-mozilla-html:TRUE version:2.1 end:vcard
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