Install this version:
emerge -a =net-firewall/iptables-9999
If this version is masked, you can unmask it using the autounmask tool or standard emerge options:
autounmask =net-firewall/iptables-9999
Or alternatively:
emerge --autounmask-write -a =net-firewall/iptables-9999
| Version | EAPI | Keywords | Slot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9999 | 8 | 0/11 |
# Copyright 2026 mva
# Distributed under the terms of the Public Domain or CC0 License
EAPI=8
# Force users doing their own patches to install their own tools
AUTOTOOLS_AUTO_DEPEND=no
inherit systemd autotools toolchain-funcs flag-o-matic git-r3
# usr-ldscript
DESCRIPTION="Linux kernel (2.4+) firewall, NAT and packet mangling tools"
HOMEPAGE="https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/"
EGIT_REPO_URI="https://git.netfilter.org/iptables"
LICENSE="GPL-2"
# Subslot tracks libxtables as that's the one other packages generally link
# against and iptables changes. Will have to revisit if other sonames change.
SLOT="0/11"
IUSE="conntrack ipq ipv6 netlink nftables pcap static-libs"
COMMON_DEPEND="
conntrack? ( >=net-libs/libnetfilter_conntrack-1.0.6 )
netlink? ( net-libs/libnfnetlink )
nftables? (
>=net-libs/libmnl-1.0:=
>=net-libs/libnftnl-1.2.6:=
)
pcap? ( net-libs/libpcap )
"
DEPEND="
${COMMON_DEPEND}
virtual/os-headers
>=sys-kernel/linux-headers-4.4:0
"
BDEPEND="
virtual/pkgconfig
nftables? (
app-alternatives/lex
app-alternatives/yacc
)
"
RDEPEND="
${COMMON_DEPEND}
nftables? ( net-misc/ethertypes )
"
# NOTE: 👇 nonexistent blocker RDEPEND="...": no matches in repo history
# !<net-firewall/ebtables-2.0.11-r1
# !<net-firewall/arptables-0.0.5-r1
IDEPEND=">=app-eselect/eselect-iptables-20220320"
PATCHES=(
"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.8.4-no-symlinks.patch
)
src_prepare() {
# use the saner headers from the kernel
rm -f include/linux/{kernel,types}.h
default
eautoreconf
}
src_configure() {
# Some libs use $(AR) rather than libtool to build #444282
tc-export AR
# Hack around struct mismatches between userland & kernel for some ABIs. #472388
use amd64 && [[ ${ABI} == "x32" ]] && append-flags -fpack-struct
# sed -i \
# -e "/nfnetlink=[01]/s:=[01]:=$(usex netlink 1 0):" \
# -e "/nfconntrack=[01]/s:=[01]:=$(usex conntrack 1 0):" \
# configure || die
local myeconfargs=(
--sbindir="${EPREFIX}/sbin"
--libexecdir="${EPREFIX}/$(get_libdir)"
--enable-devel
--enable-shared
$(use_enable conntrack connlabel)
$(use_enable nftables)
$(use_enable netlink libnfnetlink)
$(use_enable pcap bpf-compiler)
$(use_enable pcap nfsynproxy)
$(use_enable static-libs static)
$(use_enable ipq)
$(use_enable ipv6)
)
econf "${myeconfargs[@]}"
}
src_compile() {
# Deal with parallel build errors.
# use nftables && emake -C iptables xtables-config-parser.h
emake V=1
}
src_install() {
default
# Managed by eselect-iptables
# https://bugs.gentoo.org/881295
rm "${ED}/usr/bin/iptables-xml" || die
dodoc iptables/iptables.xslt
# all the iptables binaries are in /sbin, so might as well
# put these small files in with them
into /
dosbin iptables/iptables-apply
dosym iptables-apply /sbin/ip6tables-apply
doman iptables/iptables-apply.8
insinto /usr/include
doins include/iptables.h $(use ipv6 && echo include/ip6tables.h)
insinto /usr/include/iptables
doins include/iptables/internal.h
keepdir /var/lib/iptables
newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.init iptables
newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.4.13.confd iptables
if use ipv6 ; then
keepdir /var/lib/ip6tables
newinitd "${FILESDIR}"/iptables.init ip6tables
newconfd "${FILESDIR}"/ip6tables-1.4.13.confd ip6tables
fi
if use nftables; then
# Bug #647458
rm "${ED}"/etc/ethertypes || die
# Bugs #660886 and #669894
rm "${ED}"/sbin/{arptables,ebtables}{,-{save,restore}} || die
fi
systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/systemd/iptables{,-{re,}store}.service
if use ipv6 ; then
systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/systemd/ip6tables{,-{re,}store}.service
fi
# # Move important libs to /lib #332175
# gen_usr_ldscript -a ip{4,6}tc iptc xtables
find "${ED}" -type f -name "*.la" -delete || die
}
pkg_postinst() {
local default_iptables="xtables-legacy-multi"
if ! eselect iptables show &>/dev/null; then
elog "Current iptables implementation is unset, setting to ${default_iptables}"
eselect iptables set "${default_iptables}"
fi
if use nftables; then
local tables
for tables in {arp,eb}tables; do
if ! eselect ${tables} show &>/dev/null; then
elog "Current ${tables} implementation is unset, setting to ${default_iptables}"
eselect ${tables} set xtables-nft-multi
fi
done
fi
eselect iptables show
}
pkg_prerm() {
if [[ -z ${REPLACED_BY_VERSION} ]]; then
elog "Unsetting iptables symlinks before removal"
eselect iptables unset
fi
if ! has_version 'net-firewall/ebtables'; then
elog "Unsetting ebtables symlinks before removal"
eselect ebtables unset
elif [[ -z ${REPLACED_BY_VERSION} ]]; then
elog "Resetting ebtables symlinks to ebtables-legacy"
eselect ebtables set ebtables-legacy
fi
if ! has_version 'net-firewall/arptables'; then
elog "Unsetting arptables symlinks before removal"
eselect arptables unset
elif [[ -z ${REPLACED_BY_VERSION} ]]; then
elog "Resetting arptables symlinks to arptables-legacy"
eselect arptables set arptables-legacy
fi
# The eselect module failing should not be fatal
return 0
}
Manage flags for this package:
euse -i <flag> -p net-firewall/iptables |
euse -E <flag> -p net-firewall/iptables |
euse -D <flag> -p net-firewall/iptables
conntrack? ( >=net-libs/libnetfilter_conntrack-1.0.6 ) netlink? ( net-libs/libnfnetlink ) nftables? ( >=net-libs/libmnl-1.0:= >=net-libs/libnftnl-1.2.6:= ) pcap? ( net-libs/libpcap ) virtual/os-headers >=sys-kernel/linux-headers-4.4:0
conntrack? ( >=net-libs/libnetfilter_conntrack-1.0.6 ) netlink? ( net-libs/libnfnetlink ) nftables? ( >=net-libs/libmnl-1.0:= >=net-libs/libnftnl-1.2.6:= ) pcap? ( net-libs/libpcap ) nftables? ( net-misc/ethertypes )
virtual/pkgconfig nftables? ( app-alternatives/lex app-alternatives/yacc )