From 2bd0adab26a3f9dcdfe1839d503853597d0131d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harald Welte Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 12:54:19 +0000 Subject: update INSTALL file to reflect seperation of patch-o-matic --- INSTALL | 35 +++-------------------------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 99fae223..2f76b24d 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -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=<> - - 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=<> @@ -18,33 +16,6 @@ and associated development man pages, with: # make install-devel 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=<> - -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=<> - ================================================================ PROBLEMS YOU MAY ENCOUNTER: -- cgit v1.2.3