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Date:      Thu, 19 Oct 2023 15:41:43 +0100
From:      Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@freebsd.org>
To:        Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org>, "dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org" <dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: git: 9eff6390718d - main - pf: remove COMPAT_FREEBSD14 #ifdef from pfvar.h
Message-ID:  <1DDF7B7C-9137-48F4-80C9-FDCC82F47118@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <202310191420.39JEKitw071108@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
References:  <202310191420.39JEKitw071108@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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On 19 Oct 2023, at 15:20, Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> The branch main has been updated by kp:
>=20
> URL: =
https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3D9eff6390718d0fa67dffc6cd830b0bc6=
b815e8c4
>=20
> commit 9eff6390718d0fa67dffc6cd830b0bc6b815e8c4
> Author:     Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2023-10-19 10:06:29 +0000
> Commit:     Kristof Provost <kp@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2023-10-19 14:19:39 +0000
>=20
>    pf: remove COMPAT_FREEBSD14 #ifdef from pfvar.h
>=20
>    When userspace includes pfvar.h it doesn't get the kernel's =
COMPAT_*
>    defines, so we end up not having required symbols in userspace. =
This
>    caused the libpfctl port to fail to build.
>=20
>    libpfctl will be updated to use the new netlink-based state export =
code
>    soon, which will also fix thix build issue.
>=20
>    Sponsored by:   Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")

That=E2=80=99s normally a feature to stop userspace using deprecated =
things.
Will you be reverting this once libpfctl is fixed? One could also hack
libpfctl instead to define COMPAT_FREEBSD14 temporarily (IIRC that=E2=80=99=
s
what was done for kbdcontrol to allow it to run on old kernels).

Jess




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