Re: [PATCH] netfilter: install nf_nat.h and related headers to INSTALL_HDR_PATH

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On Tuesday 2011-09-06 18:44, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
>> 
>> Could anyone clarify why miniupnpd (or any other application) require
>> this?
>> 
>> Those headers contain structure layouts that may change along time
>> without further notice, thus breaking backward compatibility.
>
>It makes use of
>
>   union nf_conntrack_man_proto
>   struct nf_nat_range
>   struct nf_nat_multi_range_compat

miniupnpd is fiddling with the binary representation. Yes, classic
case of "all the xt headers are exported, just DNAT/SNAT's structs are not".

Did miniupnpd consider using the text-based interface?
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