On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 16:02, Tom Eastep wrote: <snip> > I have begun some experimentation with rewriting the compiler in Perl and > that is looking promising. Converting to Perl will unfortunately present > migration/compatibility issues with compile-time extension scripts although > I've been able to retain shorewall.conf and /etc/shorewall/params > functionality for the most part. A Perl-based compiler would of course mean > the end of the road for Shorewall Embedded System support (at least for the > full Shorewall product) since Perl is typically not available on those > systems. Embedded Systems could still support Shorewall Lite.
Tom, Have you considered using glibc? This would address your speed issues, and possibly allow embedded systems to compile with uclibc. <snip> > I welcome your input and look forward to further discussion. I hope my input is useful in some way. -- Mike Noyes <mhnoyes at users.sourceforge.net> http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ SF.net Projects: leaf, sitedocs ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ leaf-devel mailing list leaf-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
