Re: [conntrackd PATCH v3] conntrackd: add systemd support

[Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 03:22:21PM +0100, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
> On 16 November 2015 at 12:17, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 11:59:35AM +0100, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
> >> v2: change functions definitions to static inline if no BUILD_SYSTEMD,
> >>     and set watchdog variables as static.
> >>
> >> v3: add runtime systemd configuration. Report warnings.
> >
> > One more question:
> >
> > This is checking for 'libsystemd >= 227'
> >
> > Is this library version really required? Or it is simply that you have
> > set to the most recent version for some reason?
> 
> 227 is the version I've tested. Previous versions may not work.
> 
> For example, I remember the library being split in several small
> libraries and then mixed into this libsystemd, thus changing some
> headers and include paths.
> 
> Also, I simply ignore what is the behaviour of the watchdog stuff
> previous to 227, it seems a recent thing.
> 
> What are your concerns?

I would like not to see many ifdefs in the conntrack-tools tree just
because they update interfaces too frequently. Could you check at
their history record to see how they have been performing on that
front so far?

Thanks.