[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/ebtables: install symlink to ebtables-legacy
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Tue Feb 16 19:47:47 UTC 2021
>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas De Schampheleire <patrickdepinguin at gmail.com> writes:
> From: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire at nokia.com>
> Since the upgrade of ebtables from 2.0.10-4 to 2.0.11, there no longer is an
> 'ebtables' binary. It has been renamed to 'ebtables-legacy' and moved from
> '/sbin' to '/usr/sbin'. This change is part of the upstream change to
> integrate the functionality of ebtables (and arptables) in the iptables
> package, using the nf_tables kernel backend [1].
> Unfortunately, the renaming (and move) of the original 'ebtables' binary
> breaks existing scripts that are calling 'ebtables' or '/sbin/ebtables'.
> Therefore, add a symlink from the original path to 'ebtables-legacy'.
> However, do not provide this symlink if BR2_PACKAGE_IPTABLES_NFTABLES is
> enabled. In this case, the iptables package will build the new equivalent
> of ebtables -- a symlink to ebtables-legacy would cause conflicts.
> [1] https://wiki.nftables.org/wiki-nftables/index.php/Legacy_xtables_tools
> Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire at nokia.com>
Committed, thanks.
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Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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