From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mr Dash Four Subject: Re: xtables 1.31 compilation errors Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:50:26 +0000 Message-ID: <4D04E132.7020408@googlemail.com> References: <4D02C8D5.6080805@googlemail.com> <4D02CDA1.6030408@googlemail.com> <4D02D510.9050700@googlemail.com> <4D02D827.5090208@googlemail.com> <4D03806F.6050107@googlemail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id :disposition-notification-to:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=JXgJzdkth2qV3avHOmP2cqncSEuPU+1JtvZxHkseWWE=; b=FEFdtlf5uYazJ2DuxX0oJGHO+BPwJXZSQIynhkjIaMJlqxfZ+JHB9F2KhBzGy7IOOR 2A+U0m3D64dpFEm3uWiVj6Kt/FZyME5bHaAwFJGLhJrp9r/2qFKLvQSX6Y1SYbXzw36j QI45ZsNmOA/v8yUfT2iWMXcHVsFM3IFVn1+Ik= In-Reply-To: Sender: netfilter-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format="flowed" To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: "'netfilter@vger.kernel.org'" >>> Of course, there are also commercial support options available if y= ou >>> prefer more QA. >>> =20 >> So, in order to get xtables to at least compile I have to get a >> commercial support?! Really?! I dread the day you take over from >> Patrick McHardy then - I really do! >> =20 > > You mix up the Xtables core with Xtables-addons. The latter had the > compile issue, but Patrick has nothing to do with Xtables-addons. > =20 You know exactly what I meant, so don't try to wriggle out of it. > N.B.: To bring you up to date with the beer-free software: if someone > feels a project needs more attention, they are to invest in it. If > they do not come forward with patches, the public assumes they have > other capabilities, and so, as a running gag, money spending is > proposed. > =20 Save your beer-free-software teachings for someone else - you are in no= =20 position to try and educate me! I've spotted 2 bugs in the current git tree of xtables (one of which wa= s=20 in the *released* version of ipset) and I asked for help on how to=20 resolve them. In the meantime I did find a solution, which I posted ear= lier. You tried to send me down blind alleys and basically acting smart a**e=20 instead of providing a solution - the aforementioned bug with ALIGN=20 wasn't something new to you - you already knew what the problem was and= ,=20 most importantly, how to fix it, though you did not consider it=20 necessary to let me know that, but to point me to google search and som= e=20 obscure bug submission on gentoo instead. >>> Releases are checked for whether the kernel modules compile with >>> all kernel versions. Userspace compilation testing is limited to >>> what I run. The rest is done happily by people more familiar with >>> specific choices of distros. That is how the ecosystem works, and >>> it usually works. >>> =20 >> The key word being 'usually' I presume, eh? Don't tell me you were >> able to compile this code, because I won't believe you. I have >> downloaded xtables with the *released* version of ipset (which >> happens to be 4.5) >> =20 > > I was meaning: a _released_ version _of xtables-addons_. > =20 The bug with IP_NF_SET_HASHSIZE was in the released version if ipset an= d=20 not xtables and that is what I meant with my previous post. > Yes, I know about the current git HEAD state. Happened to slip on > compiling state 5bcdf7f. Big deal =E2=80=94 Errare humanum est. > =20 I have no issue with errors being present in the git source tree - no=20 software is ever perfect. I, however, have issues with you asking for=20 'commercial support' (i.e. begging for money) in order to get a code=20 which simply compiles and also sending me down blind alleys when you=20 knew how to fix the problem I requested help for. > Fixed now.. > =20 So, wouldn't it have been easier for you to just point out how to fix=20 this as soon as I posted about this bug, instead of harping on about=20 commercial support, google search, gentoo bug submission and the=20 difference between xtables and xtables-addons?!