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FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
===================
-Make sure /usr/src/linux contains the kernel headers you're building
-against. If /usr/src/linux is an older kernel, set the KERNEL_DIR
-environment variable to point to the current kernel sources.
+1) If /usr/src/linux contains the kernel headers of a recent 2.4
+ kernel:
+ % make
-If you forget the above step, a bogus dependency files with a ".d"
-extension may be created. If you see messages like:
- make: *** No rule to make target `include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_limit.h',
- needed by `iptables.d'. Stop.
+ Otherwise:
+ % make KERNEL_DIR=<<where-your-kernel-is>>
-then you have these bogus dependency files. Do this:
+2) Finally, you need to to install the shared libraries, and the binary:
+ # make install
+ Or
+ # make install KERNEL_DIR=<<where-your-kernel-is>>
- % make distclean
+That's it!
+================
+Problems you may encounter:
-To build, just do:
+1) If your kernel is too old, you may be asked to apply one or more of
+ the patches in the directory to your kernel. This can be safely
+ done as follows:
- % make
+ cp -al <<where-your-kernel-is>> <<where-your-kernel-is>>.backup
+ cd <<where-your-kernel-is>>
+ patch -p1 < <<whatever-the-patchfile-is>>
-Finally, you need to to install the shared libraries, and the binary:
+ Then start again.
- # make install
+2) If you get the kernel directory wrong, you may see a message like:
+ Please try `make KERNEL_DIR=path-to-correct-kernel'
-If you want to specify alternate directories for installation (instead
-of /usr/local/ bin lib man), do this:
+3) If you want to specify alternate directories for installation
+(instead of /usr/local/ bin lib man), do this:
% make BINDIR=/usr/bin LIBDIR=/usr/lib MANDIR=/usr/man
- % make BINDIR=/usr/bin LIBDIR=/usr/lib MANDIR=/usr/man install
+ # make BINDIR=/usr/bin LIBDIR=/usr/lib MANDIR=/usr/man install
NOTE: make sure you build with at least the correct LIBDIR=
specification, otherwise iptables(8) won't know where to find the