[Buildroot] latest iptables requires IPv6

[Buildroot] latest iptables requires IPv6

[Hamish Moffatt]

r23403 | correa | 2008-09-16 12:12:23 +1000 (Tue, 16 Sep 2008) | 1 line

Fix iptables compile error by updating to Makefile.autotools.in and
bumping version to 1.4.1


This new version of iptables requires IPv6. The old iptables.mk patched
the old version to work without it, but that appears to be a lot harder
in this version.

Do the rest of you have IPV6 enabled in uClibc? I don't (unnecessary bloat).
Any suggestions? Anyone got a patch?

It looks like a few functions in xtables.c could be disabled, and
Makefile.am modified not to compile the ipv6-specific programs
(ip6tables etc).. all this would need a runtime IPV6 detection because
of external toolchains.

thanks
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>

[Buildroot] latest iptables requires IPv6

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Le Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:05:05 +1100,
Hamish Moffatt <hamish@cloud.net.au> a ?crit :

> It looks like a few functions in xtables.c could be disabled, and
> Makefile.am modified not to compile the ipv6-specific programs
> (ip6tables etc).. all this would need a runtime IPV6 detection because
> of external toolchains.

Users of external toolchains are supposed to tell in the configuration
system whether their external toolchain supports IPv6 or not.

See toolchain/external-toolchain/Config.in, option BR2_INET_IPV6.

Thomas
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[Buildroot] latest iptables requires IPv6

[Hamish Moffatt]

On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 09:02:38AM +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Le Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:05:05 +1100,
> Hamish Moffatt <hamish@cloud.net.au> a ?crit :
> 
> > It looks like a few functions in xtables.c could be disabled, and
> > Makefile.am modified not to compile the ipv6-specific programs
> > (ip6tables etc).. all this would need a runtime IPV6 detection because
> > of external toolchains.
> 
> Users of external toolchains are supposed to tell in the configuration
> system whether their external toolchain supports IPv6 or not.
> 
> See toolchain/external-toolchain/Config.in, option BR2_INET_IPV6.

Thanks, but that doesn't solve the real issue of building without IPV6.
I'll see if I can patch it.

Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>