Probably because otherwise you get an error with Debian if you do apt- get install
Adrian On Jun 5, 2008, at 12:40 PM, Juha Heinanen wrote: > Adrian Georgescu writes: > >> We though about this and while you could do this by default to make >> it >> easier, it has implications beyond the use of mediaproxy. Enabling ip >> forward might conflict with other software or policy (e.g. firewall) >> and it might be better or sane to let the sysadmin do this knowing >> the >> consequences rather than obfuscating an OS level change. >> >> What do you think? > > adrian, > > i agree that it is more appropriate to turn on ip forwarding in > /etc/sysctl.conf rather than in mediaproxy-relay init script. > > however, mediaproxy-relay init script should check that ip > forwarding is > enabled before trying to start media-relay. now init script reports > OK > even when ip forwarding is not enabled. > > -- juha _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.openser.org http://lists.openser.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devel
