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author | Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> | 2002-08-02 12:54:19 +0000 |
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committer | Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> | 2002-08-02 12:54:19 +0000 |
commit | 2bd0adab26a3f9dcdfe1839d503853597d0131d7 (patch) | |
tree | 4e17d48d5be367428aaaea0525cc1969ef70572f /INSTALL | |
parent | d15fb34c777c10a67f8db2b6960bc094b3284fc5 (diff) |
update INSTALL file to reflect seperation of patch-o-matic
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-rw-r--r-- | INSTALL | 35 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 32 deletions
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@ FOLLOW THESE STEPS: 0) There may be some outstanding bugfixes or tweaks which are not yet - in the official kernel. To look through these, do: - % make pending-patches KERNEL_DIR=<<where-you-built-your-kernel>> - - Please note that you have to recompile your kernel and your kernel modules - after this step of kernel patching. + in the official kernel. Those are now (as of iptables-1.2.7) kept + in a seperate package, called patch-o-matic. It is available from + ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/patch-o-matic/ 1) Next, make the package. % make KERNEL_DIR=<<where-you-built-your-kernel>> @@ -19,33 +17,6 @@ and associated development man pages, with: That's it! ================================================================ -FEELING BRAVE? - -1) The netfilter core team is maintaining a set of extensions / new - features which are not yet committed to the mainstream kernel tree. - -They are a collection of maybe-broken maybe-cool third-party extensions. - -Please note that you cannot apply any combination of any of those patches. -Some of them are incompatible... - -This is why we provide two ways of applying them: - -If you want to try some extensions, and be sure that they don't break each -other, you can do the following: - - % make most-of-pom KERNEL_DIR=<<where-you-built-your-kernel>> - -It will modify you kernel source (so back it up first!). You will have -to recompile / rebuild your kernel and modules. - -Alternatively, if you really know what your are doing, you can use the -following command in order to offer you the full list of choices. Be aware -that we don't prevent you from shooting yourself in the foot. - - % make patch-o-matic KERNEL_DIR=<<where-you-built-your-kernel>> - -================================================================ PROBLEMS YOU MAY ENCOUNTER: 1) This package requires a 2.4.4 kernel, or above. |