Bug#976014: firehol: Role of /etc/default/firehol and START_FIREHOL variable

[Libor Klepáč]

Yeah,
i have added this to my "Upgrade to Debian 11 notes".
Maybe it deserves some news entry in package?

With regards,
Libor

Bug#976014: firehol: Role of /etc/default/firehol and START_FIREHOL variable

[François Poulain]

In bullseye, the behavior appears to be consistant: START_FIREHOL=No
makes it not working.

-- 
François Poulain 

Bug#976014: firehol: Role of /etc/default/firehol and START_FIREHOL variable

[François Poulain]

Package: firehol
Version: 3.1.6+ds-8
Severity: minor
X-Debbugs-Cc: fpoul...@metrodore.fr

Dear Maintainer,

In previous Debian Releases, Firehol needed START_FIREHOL set in
/etc/default/firehol.

In current stable release, systemd launcher seems to ignore this
setting.

The official firehol doc tell this setting has been introduced in
Debian.

The README.Debian states that: «
  FireHOL has to be enabled in /etc/default/firehol to
  get started; to enable it set START_FIREHOL to anything
  else than NO/no.
»

We wonder if this setting is a legacy one to be cleaned or if the
systemd launcher is laking of sourcing those settings.
https://agir.april.org/issues/4823 (french).

Do we face to a launcher bug or a docuentation bug ?

Best regards and very thanks for your work.
François