Re: [conntrackd PATCH v3] conntrackd: add systemd support

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On 17 November 2015 at 11:25, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 06:03:25PM +0100, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
>> On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 03:22:21PM +0100, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
>> > On 16 November 2015 at 12:17, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 11:59:35AM +0100, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
>> > >> v2: change functions definitions to static inline if no BUILD_SYSTEMD,
>> > >>     and set watchdog variables as static.
>> > >>
>> > >> v3: add runtime systemd configuration. Report warnings.
>> > >
>> > > One more question:
>> > >
>> > > This is checking for 'libsystemd >= 227'
>> > >
>> > > Is this library version really required? Or it is simply that you have
>> > > set to the most recent version for some reason?
>> >
>> > 227 is the version I've tested. Previous versions may not work.
>> >
>> > For example, I remember the library being split in several small
>> > libraries and then mixed into this libsystemd, thus changing some
>> > headers and include paths.
>> >
>> > Also, I simply ignore what is the behaviour of the watchdog stuff
>> > previous to 227, it seems a recent thing.
>> >
>> > What are your concerns?
>>
>> I would like not to see many ifdefs in the conntrack-tools tree just
>> because they update interfaces too frequently. Could you check at
>> their history record to see how they have been performing on that
>> front so far?
>
> Arturo, I'm going to push this into master.
>
> I have just mangled the configure.ac part of your patch here so the
> default behaviour is that you have to explicitly indicate
> --enable-systemd support if you want this.
>
> We can revisit this later on to change the default.
>
> OK?

Ok thanks,

I've been scanning the debian changelog for systemd [0]. The only big
change to libsystemd seems to be when libsystemd-login,
libsytemd-daemon, libsystemd-* were merged into a general libsystemd.
The API prototypes seem to be stable across releases.

[0] https://tracker.debian.org/media/packages/s/systemd/changelog-227-3
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Arturo Borrero González
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