Recently I've tried to upgrade to iptables 1.3.4 from 1.3.3. The first thing I tried was using the upgrade file available from their site,
filename: patch-iptables-1.3.3-1.3.4. I had no idea how to run that patch and there was no RPMs available since this version is only about a week or so old. So then I decided to install it using make, which I'm usually very unlucky with. So I ran make as instructed in the INSTALL file in the iptables-1.3.4 tar file:

"FOLLOW THESE STEPS:

1) Make the package.
% make KERNEL_DIR=<<where-you-built-your-kernel>>

2) Finally, you need to to install the shared libraries, and the binary:
# make install KERNEL_DIR=<<where-you-built-your-kernel>>"

when I did the first step I got this output:

# make KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux
Making dependencies: please wait...
Something wrong... deleting dependencies.
make: *** [linux/autoconf.h] Error 1

I have no idea what this error means but I checked the file it mentioned and it isnt in my kernel source folder (autoconf.h). So I downloaded the latest kernel and checked if my version of make was up to date. Then I tried the command again and it gave me the same error message.

If these details help I was using kernel source linux-2.6.14 from
ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ and I am currently running SuSE Linux 10.0 Retail.

Any help would be apprectiated,
n00b mikfig

First make sure the following kernel source exist.

If there is no /usr/src/linux****** then you need to download the source of the matching kernel. You can get the kernel name from the command ' uname -r '.

If there is a /usr/src/linux****** macthing current kernel and no /usr/src/linux then you can run the command ' ln -s /usr/src/linux<name of kernel here minus<>characters> /usr/src/linux.

Now apply the patch as the instructions apply. Then in /usr/src/linux run the command ' make ', ' make modules_install ' and then ' make install '. If this is a fresh kernel source you will need to configure other settings to match your system or run the command ' make oldconfig '. To build a .config file.

Search this site about building the kernel. Lots of info here about it.

Hope this helps.
Brian1

I tried you advice on compiling my kernel since the folder did exist. So I compiled the kernel using the tut from Linux Headquarters . I did a successful 'make gconfig' when compiling the kernel, and then I ran 'make clean' and 'make dep'. 'make dep' returned this:

*** Warning: make dep is unnecessary now.

I was unsure about this but none the less I moved on and ran 'make zImage', when I ran this everything seemed to be going fine until I got these errors:

CC net/sched/ematch.o
net/sched/ematch.c: In function ‘__tcf_em_tree_match’:
net/sched/ematch.c:475: error: ‘null’ undeclared (first use in this function)
net/sched/ematch.c:475: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
net/sched/ematch.c:475: error: for each function it appears in.)
net/sched/ematch.c:475: warning: unused variable ‘stack’
make[2]: *** [net/sched/ematch.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [net/sched] Error 2
make: *** [net] Error 2

I have no idea what these errors mean .

Any help would be appreciated,
Thx MikFig