From e9398b721855f8fbfb30a21d475d0aeb7f85bbe5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil Sutter <psutter@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 13:47:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add deprecation notice to ipset.8
This is RHEL9 trying to friendly kick people towards nftables.
---
src/ipset.8 | 17 +++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/ipset.8 b/src/ipset.8
index 97cece9fb04b5..d68e9bbc22891 100644
--- a/src/ipset.8
+++ b/src/ipset.8
@@ -51,6 +51,18 @@ COMMANDS := { \fBcreate\fR | \fBadd\fR | \fBdel\fR | \fBtest\fR | \fBdestroy\fR
.PP
\fBipset\fR \fB\-\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+This tool is
+.B deprecated
+in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It is maintenance only and will not receive new
+features. New setups should use
+.BR nft (8).
+Existing setups should migrate to
+.BR nft (8)
+when possible. See
+.UR https://red.ht/nft_your_tables
+.UE
+for details.
+.PP
\fBipset\fR
is used to set up, maintain and inspect so called IP sets in the Linux
kernel. Depending on the type of the set, an IP set may store IP(v4/v6)
@@ -1099,8 +1111,9 @@ Bugs? No, just funny features. :\-)
OK, just kidding...
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBiptables\fR(8),
-\fBip6tables\fR(8)
-\fBiptables-extensions\fR(8)
+\fBip6tables\fR(8),
+\fBiptables-extensions\fR(8),
+\fBnft\fR(8)
.SH "AUTHORS"
Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote ipset, which is based on ippool by
Joakim Axelsson, Patrick Schaaf and Martin Josefsson.
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2.31.1