Re: [PATCH 1/6] netfilter: kconfig: NFQUEUE is useless without NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE

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On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 09:41:29AM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Monday 2010-12-27 00:58, Florian Westphal wrote:
> >NFLOG already does the same thing for NETFILTER_NETLINK_LOG.
> >diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
> >index 1534f2b..c617ec9 100644
> >--- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig
> >+++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig
> >@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NFLOG
> > config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NFQUEUE
> > 	tristate '"NFQUEUE" target Support'
> > 	depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
> >+	select NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE
> > 	help
> > 	  This target replaced the old obsolete QUEUE target.
> There once was sort of a small debate on whether we should not reduce 
> the usage of "select" (and instead use: depends on 
> NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE, in this case). What do people think about it?

For users, NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NFQUEUE is a real thing they want and
NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE just an implementation detail. So I suggest
select here, like the patch does.

Best Regards,
Michał Mirosław
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