ipf 5.1.0 under NetBSD 5.1

[Michael T. Davis]

The version of IPF that ships with NetBSD 5.1 is v4.1.29 (per
`ipf -V'). I would be interested in upgrading IPF to v5.1.0. The IPF FAQ
says to start with a number of commands issued from "the IP Filter source
directory." Within the NetBSD sources, this is /usr/src/dist/ipf. If I'm to
use this path, I would infer that the IPF 5.1.0 distribution should reside in
it. If that's the case, should the IPF source that came with NetBSD 5.1 be
renamed (e.g. to /usr/src/dist/ipfold) and then relocate the IPF 5.1.0
distribution content to /usr/src/dist/ipf? Or should I just place the IPF
5.1.0 distribution content somewhere handy (like where I have it now in
/usr/local/src/ip_fil5.1.0/...) and start from there?

Regards,
Mike

[Jim Klimov]

Post by Michael T. Davis
The version of IPF that ships with NetBSD 5.1 is v4.1.29 (per
`ipf -V'). I would be interested in upgrading IPF to v5.1.0. The IPF FAQ
says to start with a number of commands issued from "the IP Filter source
directory." Within the NetBSD sources, this is /usr/src/dist/ipf. If I'm to
use this path, I would infer that the IPF 5.1.0 distribution should reside in
it. If that's the case, should the IPF source that came with NetBSD 5.1 be
renamed (e.g. to /usr/src/dist/ipfold) and then relocate the IPF 5.1.0
distribution content to /usr/src/dist/ipf? Or should I just place the IPF
5.1.0 distribution content somewhere handy (like where I have it now in
/usr/local/src/ip_fil5.1.0/...) and start from there?

I'd say the second variant is okay.

I cannot vouch for BSD, but under Solaris IPFilter normally
compiles under a user's home directory. Most of the paths
in the source are relative to the source tree contained
within the source archive file, and system dependencies
like header files and linkable libraries are detected by
the compiler/linker suite as usual.
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