On Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 at 12:33, Florian Westphal [off-list ref] wrote:

Remy D. Farley one-d-wide@protonmail.com wrote:

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Whats the intent here? nft_compat isn't used by nftables, this
is iptables-nft compatibility glue.

I noticed getcompat operation used by `nft list ruleset` command, and it
doesn't seem to be defined anywhere else. Should I re/move it?

Its used by compatibility mode, it requires an nft binary linked
to libxtables, native nftables doesn't need it.

I would prefer not to mention its existence.

Ah, I see. Netlink-bindings have a tool to decode netlink communication, so
it's a bit awkward to show a bunch of unkown-operations on a common command.
I'm fine keeping it downstream.