This is a request for comments on the proposal that the following
filename changes (indicative at this point) be made in the netfilter
source code tree, together with correcting the corresponding references
to the files in both source code, the build system, and wherever else
necessary.
The changes are proposed in order to avoid file name clashes on
filesystems that do not allow two files to have names that differ only
in the case of their letters:
include/linux/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.h => xt_connmark_target.h
include/linux/netfilter/xt_DSCP.h => xt_dscp_target.h
include/linux/netfilter/xt_MARK.h => xt_mark_target.h
include/linux/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.h => xt_rateest_target.h
include/linux/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.h => xt_tcpmss_target.h
include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_CONNMARK.h => ipt_connmark_target.h
include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_DSCP.h => ipt_dscp_target.h
include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_ECN.h => ipt_ecn_target.h
include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_MARK.h => ipt_mark_target.h
include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TCPMSS.h => ipt_tcpmss_target.h
include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TOS.h => ipt_tos_target.h
include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_TTL.h => ipt_ttl_target.h
include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/ip6t_HL.h => ip6t_hl_target.h
include/linux/netfilter_ipv6/ip6t_MARK.h => ip6t_mark_target.h
net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ECN.c => ipt_ecn_target.c
net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_TTL.c => ipt_ttl_target.c
net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_HL.c => ip6t_hl_target.c
net/netfilter/xt_CONNMARK.c => xt_connmark_target.c
net/netfilter/xt_DSCP.c => xt_dscp_target.c
net/netfilter/xt_MARK.c => xt_mark_target.c
net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c => xt_rateest_target.c
net/netfilter/xt_TCPMSS.c => xt_tcpmss_target.c
This has been discussed before on the git mailing list (see thread
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/38612 ), and I
believe it to be a problem that will start to crop up more often than
not, given the proliferation of open source code onto a variety of
platforms that have this type of filename intolerance.
The reason for posting to this list is to hear your considered opinion
on the impact of these proposed file name changes on the netfilter and
linux kernel development communities. If you prefer I submit complete
patches before discussion, I could try to do that.
--
Peter Klavins
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