On Mon, Jul 08, 2013 at 04:39:19AM +0200, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: > On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 12:29:12AM -0400, Phil Oester wrote: > > Depending upon the load order of rules, the output from ip[6]tables-save > > will vary, as ip[6]_tables_names is sorted LIFO. As reported by > > Linus van Geuns, this makes comparing output from ip[6]tables-save across > > reboots difficult. Fix this by sorting table names prior to walking > > the tables, making output consistent. > > Better add an option to explicitly request the sorting, so we stick to > the old behaviour by default. The old behavior is random depending upon module load order. We should keep random behavior? > But, how can the unsorted table output be useful? Ask Maciej - he is the one that requested this be provided as an option. Phil -- 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
