Re: libiptc ... and matches , seg fault

[Francesco Ciocchetti <primero@fastwebnet.it>]

Patrick Schaaf wrote:

>>in libipt_tcp.c ... what i'm wondering now is why my "me->version" could
>>be or is NULL or maybe program_version could be NULL too.
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>Why are you wondering about these two alternatives, instead of testing it
>(by inserting suitable printing before the problem point, and/or using
>a debugger)?
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just done it ... and had not time to say "Thanks to all that ansered me
i found the problem and solved" before u post.

>Please note that this mailing list is not meant as an educational
>forum for beginning C programmers... And the iptables userlevel
>libraries are not targeted to be standalone libraries for easy
>use by casual programmers... 
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it does not seems that i asked for a "fast tutorial on C programming"
but i asked for a problem related to libiptc libs ... there is a "more
suitable" mailing list for such a question ? sorry if , once found the
problem, i asked for something as "why i'm getting this problem with
strcmp?" but u know, not everyone has borned expert C programmer as u
did ... and, AFAIK asking is the only way to get there .

I really don't understand this kind of "witch hunting" against little OT
in ML and Forums ... i know that years ago this was not the "common way
to act" maybe today it is , but this is really really sad.

Sharing , Asking and Answering is what lead us here where we are .... i
hope we are not loosing this for an "expert C programmers closed  shrine".

>So it is to be expected that you
>must be a C expert if you want to use those libraries... And be
>prepared that they may change radically with the next release
>of iptables...
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no problem with that, i was born "ready" ....



Btw thanks to all that helped me solving the problem.

Sincerly yours
Francesco, casual programmer ;)


>The official interfaces for manipulating iptables rules, are the
>iptables and iptables-restore PROGRAMS.
>
>best regards
>  Patrick
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