[pkg-netfilter-team] Bug#913877: iptables 1.8.2: ERROR when adding REJECT target to custom chains

[Amos Jeffries]

My kernel version is 3.16.0-4-amd64.

That is due to unrelated driver errors the newer kernels have
consistently had on this hardware. I am surely not the only one in this
situation.

I see there was NEWS mention of unspecified impact with the 1.8.1+
versions but did not pay much attention to since I am not upgrading
"between Debian versions" here. The machine in question has always run
Sid and gets weekly updates of everything short of full reboot.

The main problem as I see it is that the packaging switched straight to
the -nft versions without sufficient checking that it was not breaking
the system by doing so. Surely there are tests that can be done on
install to select the auto/default flavour better?

AYJ