[gentoo-user] iptables-1.8.1 build failure

[gentoo-user] iptables-1.8.1 build failure

[Peter Humphrey]

Hello list,

Today's update of iptables to 1.8.1 failed here because I didn't have 
USE=nftables set. After setting that in package.use it was fine. Before I 
submit a bug report, though, I'd like to understand one thing:

$ grep nftables $(equery w iptables)
IUSE="conntrack ipv6 netlink nftables pcap static-libs"
        nftables? (
        nftables? (
        nftables? ( net-misc/ethertypes )
                $(use_enable nftables)
        use nftables && emake -C iptables xtables-config-parser.h
        if use nftables; then

Shouldn't that IUSE entry be enough to pull in nftables?

-- 
Regards,
Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] iptables-1.8.1 build failure

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:29:03 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:

> Today's update of iptables to 1.8.1 failed here because I didn't have 
> USE=nftables set. After setting that in package.use it was fine. Before
> I submit a bug report, though, I'd like to understand one thing:
> 
> $ grep nftables $(equery w iptables)
> IUSE="conntrack ipv6 netlink nftables pcap static-libs"
>         nftables? (
>         nftables? (
>         nftables? ( net-misc/ethertypes )
>                 $(use_enable nftables)
>         use nftables && emake -C iptables xtables-config-parser.h
>         if use nftables; then
> 
> Shouldn't that IUSE entry be enough to pull in nftables?

No, IUSE simply lists the USE flags relevant to the ebuild. The
dependencies are set in DEPEND, which contains

        nftables? (
                sys-devel/flex
                virtual/yacc
        )

It sounds like nftables should be in there too. this is with 1.8.0-r1,
which is the latest I have here after syncing at 0720 today.


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Re: [gentoo-user] iptables-1.8.1 build failure

[Peter Humphrey]

On Wednesday, 24 October 2018 12:52:24 BST Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:29:03 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > Today's update of iptables to 1.8.1 failed here because I didn't have
> > USE=nftables set. After setting that in package.use it was fine. Before
> > I submit a bug report, though, I'd like to understand one thing:
> > 
> > $ grep nftables $(equery w iptables)
> > IUSE="conntrack ipv6 netlink nftables pcap static-libs"
> > 
> >         nftables? (
> >         nftables? (
> >         nftables? ( net-misc/ethertypes )
> >         
> >                 $(use_enable nftables)
> >         
> >         use nftables && emake -C iptables xtables-config-parser.h
> >         if use nftables; then
> > 
> > Shouldn't that IUSE entry be enough to pull in nftables?
> 
> No, IUSE simply lists the USE flags relevant to the ebuild. The
> dependencies are set in DEPEND, which contains
> 
>         nftables? (
>                 sys-devel/flex
>                 virtual/yacc
>         )
> 
> It sounds like nftables should be in there too. this is with 1.8.0-r1,
> which is the latest I have here after syncing at 0720 today.

It's 1.8.1 here. All three DEPEND stanzas (DEPEND, RDEPEND and COMMON_DEPEND) 
have nftables? conditions, but nowhere is nftables made a requirement, even 
though the package won't compile without it.

Bug report https://bugs.gentoo.org/669498 submitted.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.

Re: [gentoo-user] iptables-1.8.1 build failure

[Peter Humphrey]

On Wednesday, 24 October 2018 15:30:06 BST Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Wednesday, 24 October 2018 12:52:24 BST Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:29:03 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:
> > > Today's update of iptables to 1.8.1 failed here because I didn't have
> > > USE=nftables set. After setting that in package.use it was fine. Before
> > > I submit a bug report, though, I'd like to understand one thing:
> > > 
> > > $ grep nftables $(equery w iptables)
> > > IUSE="conntrack ipv6 netlink nftables pcap static-libs"
> > > 
> > >         nftables? (
> > >         nftables? (
> > >         nftables? ( net-misc/ethertypes )
> > >         
> > >                 $(use_enable nftables)
> > >         
> > >         use nftables && emake -C iptables xtables-config-parser.h
> > >         if use nftables; then
> > > 
> > > Shouldn't that IUSE entry be enough to pull in nftables?
> > 
> > No, IUSE simply lists the USE flags relevant to the ebuild. The
> > dependencies are set in DEPEND, which contains
> > 
> >         nftables? (
> >         
> >                 sys-devel/flex
> >                 virtual/yacc
> >         
> >         )
> > 
> > It sounds like nftables should be in there too. this is with 1.8.0-r1,
> > which is the latest I have here after syncing at 0720 today.
> 
> It's 1.8.1 here. All three DEPEND stanzas (DEPEND, RDEPEND and
> COMMON_DEPEND) have nftables? conditions, but nowhere is nftables made a
> requirement, even though the package won't compile without it.
> 
> Bug report https://bugs.gentoo.org/669498 submitted.

... and marked as a duplicate of 669486, which didn't show up in my searches.

-- 
Regards,
Peter.