On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:52:40AM +0200, Bjarke Istrup Pedersen wrote:
> What do you think - Should I add this library ebuild to the tree, or
> should I just give up getting miniupnpd added to the tree, since there
> is no alternative to using libiptc?
> I already have an ebuild for it that compiles iptables, and just
> installs the headers and library files, and my local tests shows that it
> works fine here.
Unless vapier has a strong reason not to include libiptc, you should
rather just modify the main iptables ebuild to install the library
again. 

Adding a separate variant of the package just for the library is a sure
way to cause missed security patches and bugfixes later on (see shades
of xpdf).

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