[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] iptables: fix userspace compilation of ip tables with C++

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Matthew, All,

On 2014-11-18 07:48 -0600, Matthew Weber spake thusly:
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> I reposted on netfilter-devel and got clarification that the patch
> should probably have been a kernel patch, but the binary interface to
> iptables in the kernel has actually been replaced so this issue is
> deprecated.  I'll carry the patch in my build locally until we update
> our use of the API.

Well, the patch seems sensible. So maybe we could carry it in Buildroot?

> http://www.spinics.net/lists/netfilter-devel/msg33996.html

Still, there is a valid point in this reply: do we know of a FLOSS C++
package that uses the iptables binary interface?

If so, that would be interesting to see how they handle that situation.
And it would be a nice shoe to stick in the door so that patch can enter
the kernel.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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