Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Monday 2008-08-04 10:35, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: >>> The API actually remains the same, due to the nature of char[] >>> decaying into char* (and .name is also only used in the registrator); >>> the ABI (indicated by XTABLES_VERSION) changes yes, and that is fine >>> because we moved from 1.4.1 to 1.4.2-rc1. >> Sure, but say that someone uses whatever iproute2 version <= >> iproute2-2.6.26 - which does not check for any ABI version numbering >> AFAICS - and then it compiles whatever >= 1.4.2-rc1 by hand, then >> jamal's ipt thing will not work as they use different ABIs. >> >> I'm not talking on how to solve future interdependecy problems - which >> you seems to have it done by exporting xtables as library - but the >> problems that the size change of .name will trigger for some time. > > If the ABI changes, the libxtables.so ABI version number just get > bumped, that is what they are there for. Great. You're breaking previous backward compatibility with old iproute2 versions since they are not checking that number. -- "Los honestos son inadaptados sociales" -- Les Luthiers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
