Re: [ANNOUNCE] iptables 1.8.9 release

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Hi Arturo,

On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 10:18:56PM +0100, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
> On 1/12/23 12:20, Phil Sutter wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > The Netfilter project proudly presents:
> > 
> >          iptables 1.8.9
> > 
> 
> Hi Phil,
> 
> thanks for the release!
> 
> I see the tarball includes now a etc/xtables.conf file [0]. Could you please clarify the expected usage of this file?
> 
> Do we intend users to have this in their systems? If so, what for.
> It appears to be in nftables native format, so who or what mechanisms would be responsible for reading it in a system that
> has no nftables installed?
> 
> Perhaps the file is only useful for development purposes?

I think this file just slipped through while enabling `make distcheck'
in a recent update, but let's wait for Phil to confirm this.



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