On Friday 12 March 2004 22:25, Juan Roco wrote: > Thank you very much Mike, but I cannot move from stable > distribution. Is there any way to get new extensions work in Woody? > No, you should only take the latest kernel source (2.4.25) from sid - there is no need to update all packages to sid; this is ensured by using the low pinning value of 90 as mentioned in Mike's /etc/apt/preferences example.
Using this preferences file, you can install packages from sid only by explicitly specifying apt-get install packagename/sid ... Refer to the APT-Howto and the APT-Reference (under /usr/share/doc/Debian/apt-howto chapter 3.8 and /usr/share/doc/Debian/reference chapter 6.2) for details. Regards, Klaus > >2.4.18 Would probly be missing some modules. 2.4.24 and 2.4.25 > > may be more feature full. apt-get install > > kernel-image-2.4.25-1-686/sid should work nicely, need a sid deb > > archive. > > > >/etc/apt/preferences: > >Package: * > >Pin: release a=testing > >Pin-Priority: 90 > > > >/etc/apt/sources.list: > >deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib > > > >--- Juan Roco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I need to use some extensions in IPTables that are not included > > > in the standard distribution. > > > > > > I've found that what I need is in /lib/iptables/. Files have > > > .so extensions, > > > and according to some documents I've read they are the modules > > > that iptables > > > load, but they also say that you need to have the modules in > > > the /lib/modules/2.4.18-1-686/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter > > > directory in order to > > > work. > > > What do I need to do to add an extension that is not already > > > installed? > > > > > > For example I need to use libipt_icmp.so but I don't have > > > ipt_icmp.o > > > > > > Thank you!!! > > > > > > JF Roco -- Dipl.-Ing. Klaus Holler <gmx.at after kho@>
