Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 07:12:02 +0100 From: Wayne Pascoe <freebsd-feb@penguinpowered.org> To: Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IP Filter on FreeBSD 5.2.1 Message-ID: <20040908061202.GA3542@marvin.penguinpowered.org> In-Reply-To: <1094593858.12931.15.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org> References: <20040907212731.EEB2916A4E8@hub.freebsd.org> <1094593858.12931.15.camel@zappa.Chelsea-Ct.Org>
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On Tue, Sep 07, 2004 at 05:50:59PM -0400, Paul Mather wrote: > 20030925: > Configuring a system to use IPFILTER now requires that PFIL_HOOKS > also be explicitly configured. Previously this dependency was > magically handled through some cruft in net/pfil.h; but that has > been removed. Building a kernel with IPFILTER but not PFIL_HOOKS > will fail with obtuse errors in ip_fil.c. > > > (It's a good idea to look in /usr/src/UPDATING before updating your > system.) Fair enough - to a point. I only look for things that apply to my system when reading UPDATING... things that have changed since my last update. In september 2003, I wouldn't have read the ipfilter related stuff, because I wasn't using ipfilter at that time. When I do the update now, I just look for changes since my last update, which won't go back to 2003, so again I won't see that ipfilter entry. Then I go looking on the web for a HOWTO to install ipfilter on FreeBSD 5.2.1 - which I found, but it didn't mention this. I'm sure someone won't mind including a single line in a howto because that then turns it into a definitive reference, that doesn't require referencing twoo locations. Regards, -- Wayne Pascoe (gpg --keyserver www.co.uk.pgp.net --recv-keys 79A7C870) It could be dangerous... A lot of killing... and violence. You wanna come?
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