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Package: ferm
Version: 2.7-8
Severity: important
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear maintainer,
When CACHE=yes in etc/default/ferm, ferm fails to start:
Jul 21 21:44:46 loongson-conova-02 systemd[1]: Starting ferm.service - Firewall
configuration with ferm...
Jul 21 21:44:46 loongson-conova-02 ferm-systemd[811]: Regenerating ferm
cache... /usr/sbin/ferm --shell /etc/ferm/ferm.conf to
/var/cache/ferm/-etc-ferm-ferm.conf.sh.tmp
Jul 21 21:44:47 loongson-conova-02 ferm-systemd[815]: Unknown option: s
Jul 21 21:44:47 loongson-conova-02 systemd[1]: ferm.service: Main process
exited, code=exited, status=2/INVALIDARGUMENT
Jul 21 21:44:47 loongson-conova-02 systemd[1]: ferm.service: Failed with result
'exit-code'.
Jul 21 21:44:47 loongson-conova-02 systemd[1]: Failed to start ferm.service -
Firewall configuration with ferm.
There is an obvious dash missing before "-shell" in
/usr/libexec/ferm/ferm-systemd activate, but unfortunately adding it is
not enough to fix the issue.
Regards
Aurelien
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: ferm
Source-Version: 2.7-9
Done: Marc Haber <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
ferm, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Marc Haber <[email protected]> (supplier of updated ferm package)
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:53:22 +0200
Source: ferm
Architecture: source
Version: 2.7-9
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Ferm Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Marc Haber <[email protected]>
Closes: 1142567
Changes:
ferm (2.7-9) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* add autopkgtests for the cache case
* remove debug output that ended up in iptables-save cache.
Thanks to Aurelien Jarno (Closes: 1142567)
* fix paste error and wrongly set dash.
Thanks to Aurelien Jarno (Closes: #1142567)
* Change to debhelper-compat 14
* create /var/lib/ferm cache dirs via tmpfiles
* improve debugging in ferm-systemd
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