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Description of problem:
man iptables-extensions TARGET EXTENSIOS, AUDIT option --type is obsoleted

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
iptables-1.8.2-9.el8.x86_64

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.
If translate to nft rule:
 iptables-translate -tmangle -A PREROUTING -p icmp -i veth_cs_s1 -j AUDIT --type reject|accept|drop
Results are same:
 nft add rule ip mangle PREROUTING iifname "veth_cs_s1" ip protocol icmp counter log level audit

When AUDIT --type accept and --type drop rule get match, log is record here:
# cat /var/log/audit/audit.log
type=NETFILTER_PKT msg=audit(1550570337.522:752): mark=0x0 saddr=10.167.11.2 daddr=10.167.11.1 proto=1
type=NETFILTER_PKT msg=audit(1550570337.522:753): mark=0x0 saddr=10.167.11.2 daddr=10.167.11.1 proto=1

Log have no difference when setting --type option.
2.
3.

Actual results:


Expected results:
Need a change in man page.

Additional info:
According to Richard Guy Briggs <rgb>, AUDIT only record mark, src, dst and proto, common to all packet types.
For now --type is certainly gone.

Fix sent upstream: https://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=155075993831609&w=2

Since this is a minor documentation issue, moving the ticket to RHEL8.1.

Upstream commit to backport:

commit dffb5ec2a8c7f91351e2a1029a757cb1f41f2d02
Author: Phil Sutter <phil>
Date:   Thu Feb 21 15:38:47 2019 +0100

    extensions: AUDIT: Document ineffective --type option
    
    Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil>
    Signed-off-by: Florian Westphal <fw>

Testing should be fairly trivial, just make sure iptables-extensions.8 contains the string "Set type of audit record. Starting with linux-4.12, this option has no effect".

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2019:3573