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From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
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Remy D. Farley <one-d-wide@protonmail.com> wrote:
> > Its used by compatibility mode, it requires an nft binary linked
> > to libxtables, native nftables doesn't need it.
> > 
> > I would prefer not to mention its existence.
> 
> Ah, I see. Netlink-bindings have a tool to decode netlink communication, so
> it's a bit awkward to show a bunch of unkown-operations on a common command.
> I'm fine keeping it downstream.

No, showing unknown-operations is even worse.
Maybe just document in commit message that this is to avoid
clutter and present something more readable.

And perhaps mention that this is only for iptables-nft in the yaml file too.
(nft uses it on 'nft list' only if it encounters a rule added by iptables-nft).