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Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 23:59:09 -0800
From: Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
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Subject: Re: compile needs netfilter_ipv4.h
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Henning wrote:

> I just installed cygwin and am trying to compile 'reaim' which requires
> 'netfilter_ipv4.h' - a linux kernel header.

Netfilter is a specific capability of the linux kernel.  Any program
that depends on it is going to be restricted to running on linux only. 
It would fail under FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Cygwin, etc.  You'll have a lot
more work to do if you want to port that program.  It's not just a
header file.

Brian

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