On tor, 2010-04-08 at 15:05 +0200, Michal Čihař wrote: > Package: iproute > Version: 20100224-4 > Severity: normal > > Hi > > I just noticed that latest update silently (no changelog entry seems to > mention this) introduced dependency on iptables. As iptables is
I added a build-dependency (as noted in the changelog) on iptables because we need to detect some stuff about during build which will be runtime dependencies iff some parts in iproute2 related to iptables are used. > something what is not necessary in lot of systems (eg. VSever wehere you > even can not configure firewall), it would be great if this dependency > could be downgraded to Recommends/Suggests. > The binary package depending on iptables was not my intention, sorry that I missed this. I'll see if I can figure out a way to avoid the dependency without disabling functionality. Most likely it's the m_xt/m_ipt part of tc that is the problem. Hopefully this part can be built as a stand-alone shared object plugin instead of built into tc, which would leave tc functional without iptables if you avoid using any of the m_xt functionality.... The quick fix of dropping this functionality will probably not be very well received by those who have spent effort helping to get it working and reporting the breakages in these parts of iproute2 in the past, so I don't consider it an option. -- Regards, Andreas Henriksson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
