On Wed, 24 Oct 2018 10:29:03 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: > Today's update of iptables to 1.8.1 failed here because I didn't have > USE=nftables set. After setting that in package.use it was fine. Before > I submit a bug report, though, I'd like to understand one thing: > > $ grep nftables $(equery w iptables) > IUSE="conntrack ipv6 netlink nftables pcap static-libs" > nftables? ( > nftables? ( > nftables? ( net-misc/ethertypes ) > $(use_enable nftables) > use nftables && emake -C iptables xtables-config-parser.h > if use nftables; then > > Shouldn't that IUSE entry be enough to pull in nftables?
No, IUSE simply lists the USE flags relevant to the ebuild. The
dependencies are set in DEPEND, which contains
nftables? (
sys-devel/flex
virtual/yacc
)
It sounds like nftables should be in there too. this is with 1.8.0-r1,
which is the latest I have here after syncing at 0720 today.
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