[iptables PATCH v2 13/15] man: iptables-save.8: Clarify 'available tables'

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This appears to be confusing. Since a missing table is also not flushed
("restored") when feeding the dump into iptables-restore, such a restore
call may be considered incomplete.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx>
---
 iptables/iptables-save.8.in | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/iptables/iptables-save.8.in b/iptables/iptables-save.8.in
index 253907719acee..7f84907352238 100644
--- a/iptables/iptables-save.8.in
+++ b/iptables/iptables-save.8.in
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ restrict output to only one table. If the kernel is configured with automatic
 module loading, an attempt will be made to load the appropriate module for
 that table if it is not already there.
 .br
-If not specified, output includes all available tables.
+If not specified, output includes all available tables. No module loading takes
+place, so in order to include a specific table in the output, the respective
+module (something like \fBiptable_mangle\fP or \fBip6table_raw\fP) must be
+loaded first.
 .SH BUGS
 None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
 .SH AUTHORS
-- 
2.40.0




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