Backwards-compatible /proc and sysctl conntrack entries

[Chuck Ebbert]

Dave Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 03:13:22PM -0400, Chuck Ebbert wrote:
>  > Josh Boyer wrote:
>  > >> Users also have firewall configuration scripts that rely on these
>  > >> entries.
>  > > 
>  > > Damn.  That does suck.
>  > > 
>  > > So how long does upstream intend to keep CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PROC_COMPAT
>  > > around?
>  > 
>  > Until FC-6 dies, hopefully... :)
>  > 
>  > A new comment in bz 234174 is interesting:
>  > 
>  > |  Or, ideally, the kernel rpm should look into obvious places (e.g.
>  > |  /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config, /etc/sysctl.conf) and do some perl -pie magic.
> 
> This would break booting back into the earlier kernel (which used to work
> until we munged these files).
> 

Maybe we could create symlinks in the new kernel directory so the old module
names would work?

> I think enabling the compat stuff for FC6's lifetime should be safe.
> Hopefully upstream won't rip them out too soon.

We'll just leave FC 6 on 2.6.20 until 2.6.21 is stable, i.e. forever. :)