On 10/7/20 12:20 PM, Simon Matter wrote: >> On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 18:26:36 +0200 >> Matt Darfeuille <m...@shorewall.org> wrote: >> >>> -------- Forwarded Message -------- >>> Subject: Re: [Shorewall-users] Shorewall reload doesn't reload? >>> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 08:49:47 -0700 >>> From: Tom Eastep <teas...@shorewall.net> >>> Reply-To: Shorewall Users <shorewall-us...@lists.sourceforge.net> >>> To: shorewall-us...@lists.sourceforge.net >>> >> >> Hmh. shorewall6 part of patch has a typo, easy to fix, just add missing >> / char. >> >> I don't like this work-around. It is not a real solution, it is just >> work-around. >> >> Better solution would be to do compile after package upgrade. >> > > I don't understand why you think of it as a work-around? It's a fix for > the problem that in some cases, shorewall reload doesn't reload because > the logic to detect changes fails on package updates which don't set > current timestamps. > > I'd never want to have automatic recompilation on package upgrade - not > for firewall code which may cut my line I'm using while doing the upgrade. > > On package upgrade, you don't see any error messages (with rpm, deb is > different). How do you handle cases where compilaton fails? > > For me that's too dangerous. I do package upgrade, merge config files, > reload, diff generated firewall and be happy. >
Another approach would be to simply 'touch' a file in /usr/share/shorewall (/usr/share/shorewall/version, for example). That would allow 'reload' to force recompilation. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Q: What do you get when you cross a mobster Shoreline, \ with an international standard? Washington, USA \ A: Someone who makes you an offer you http://shorewall.org \ can't understand \________________________________________
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