[gentoo-dev] RFC: Having a seperate package for libiptc

[gentoo-dev] RFC: Having a seperate package for libiptc

[Bjarke Istrup Pedersen]

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Hey all,

~From version 1.4.1.1 of iptables, libiptc headers and library is no
longer installed.
Since some programs still depends on it (net-misc/miniupnpd which will
be hitting the tree as soon as this is sorted out, and probably some
other programs too), and there is no real alternative to it right now.
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.

Best regards,
Bjarke.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Having a seperate package for libiptc

[Robin H. Johnson]

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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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Robin Hugh Johnson
Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy
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Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Having a seperate package for libiptc

[Bjarke Istrup Pedersen]

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Robin H. Johnson skrev:
| 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).
|

Okay, I'll ask him for input on it :)
Thanks.
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