Hi! On Sun, Jan 15, 2023 at 08:13:42AM +0100, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote: > 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. Oh, I wasn't aware this file wasn't installed prior to my patches enabling 'make dist'. This explains why Jan came up with a patch to prevent installation. %) So yes, this config is a leftover from an early approach of supporting a configurable iptables-nft chain layout which never gained traction. One should just ignore it, sorry for the mess this causes. Cheers, Phil
