Re: [nft PATCH] datatype: rt_symbol_table_init() to search for iproute2 configs

[Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>]

On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 10:19:33PM +0100, Phil Sutter wrote:
> There is an ongoing effort among various distributions to tidy up in
> /etc. The idea is to reduce contents to just what the admin manually
> inserted to customize the system, anything else shall move out to /usr
> (or so). The various files in /etc/iproute2 fall in that category as
> they are seldomly modified.
> 
> The crux is though that iproute2 project seems not quite sure yet where
> the files should go. While v6.6.0 installs them into /usr/lib/iproute2,
> current mast^Wmain branch uses /usr/share/iproute2. Assume this is going
> to stay as /(usr/)lib does not seem right for such files.
> 
> Note that rt_symbol_table_init() is not just used for
> iproute2-maintained configs but also for connlabel.conf - so retain the
> old behaviour when passed an absolute path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>

Patch applied along with the two-patch follow-up series.