It seems no-one ever used --with-iptables-dir, since it doesn't compile :-) Signed-off-by: Mark McLoughlin <markmc(a)redhat.com&gt; Index: libvirt/src/iptables.c =================================================================== --- libvirt.orig/src/iptables.c 2007-12-13 09:05:31.000000000 +0000 +++ libvirt.orig/src/iptables.c 2007-12-13 09:05:31.000000000 +0000 @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ struct _iptablesContext #ifdef IPTABLES_DIR static int writeRules(const char *path, - const iptRules *rules, + const iptRule *rules, int nrules) { char tmp[PATH_MAX]; --