hi all, while compiling iproute2-2.4.7-now-ss010824 with kernel-2.4.18 i got the following error ! ... i need ur help friends ! make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/net/ipv4/netfilter'' gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O9 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i686 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/linux-2.4.18/include/linux/modversions.h -nostdinc -I /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.96/include -DKBUILD_BASENAME=ip_conntrack_standalone -DEXPORT_SYMTAB -c ip_conntrack_standalone.c In file included from ip_conntrack_standalone.c:25: /usr/src/linux-2.4.18/include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ip_conntrack_protocol.h:53: duplicate member `destroy'' make[2]: *** [ip_conntrack_standalone.o] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/net/ipv4/netfilter'' make[1]: *** [_modsubdir_ipv4/netfilter] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.18/net'' make: *** [_mod_net] Error 2 thanking in anticipation ! A.H