Re: [PATCH xtables 1/3] xtables: rename xt-multi binaries to -nft, -legacy

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Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxx> wrote:

[ sorry for duplicate ]

> On Wednesday 2018-06-27 13:33, Florian Westphal wrote:
> 
> >This adds a clear distinction between old iptables (formerly
> >xtables-multi, now xtables-legacy-multi) and new iptables
> >(formerly xtables-compat-multi, now xtables-nft-multi).
> >
> >Users will get the ip/ip6tables names via symbolic links, having
> >a distinct name postfix for the legacy/nft variants helps to
> >make a clear distinction, as iptables-nft will always use
> >nf_tables and iptables-legacy always uses get/setsockopt wheres
> >"iptables" could be symlinked to either -nft or -legacy.
> 
> So it ultimately falls into the hands of the packager (at the distro level)
> what to make iptables a symlink to. I like that..
> 
> 
> >-# nftables compatibility layer
> >+# nftables nfibility layer
> 
> nfibility!?

Thanks for spotting, I'll fix this up and make sure there are no
other mismangled lines.

> >+.nf
> >+	/sbin/iptables  -> /sbin/iptables-legacy-multi
> >+	/sbin/ip6tables -> /sbin/ip6tables-legacy-mulit
> >+	/sbin/iptables-save -> /sbin/ip6tables-legacy-mulit
> >+	/sbin/iptables-restore -> /sbin/ip6tables-legacy-mulit
> >+.fi
> 
> more \- encoding needed here in the .nf block

Indeed, thanks Jan, I'll fix this and the other places.
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