This should be resolved in the new release.

Dave

On Tue, 10 Nov 2026 at 15:55, William Kenworthy <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Dave, can I make a suggestion: the old Shorewall checked and listed
> required kernel settings ... shorewall-nft only had an ambiguous message
> that I didn't connect with missing kernel settings.  Maybe a look at this
> area is warranted?
>
> BillK
> On 10/11/26 08:34, Dave Kempe wrote:
>
> Thanks for the info. I'm happy to take updates/thoughts via github and I
> can include better feedback for this problem in the output for the next
> release. I won't be able to test all the combinations of platforms and
> distros that shorewall runs on currently without more help, so I appreciate
> any assistance.
>
> Dave
>
> On Thu, 5 Nov 2026 at 13:15, William Kenworthy <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> OK, shorewall -nft is now working fine on arm32 so far: the problem was
>> missing settings in the kernel.  The hosts I am using are around 10yrs
>> (2016 or so) with kernels continually being upgraded using "make
>> oldconfig" - the end result is almost random holes in the configuration
>> including some nft settings.  Of course, old shorewall does not use them
>> so was fine :(
>>
>> So check that if you compile your own custom kernels (gentoo ...)
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestions various people made - it helped.
>>
>> BillK
>>
>>
>> On 3/11/26 09:50, William Kenworthy wrote:
>> > Yep, did that which is why its installed - but it wont run and the
>> > error message is too vague to point to a direct cause.  I am missing
>> > some kernel settings so its rebuilding at the moment which is the
>> > probable cause - however my questions stand as until I get it working
>> > :) there is nothing online about shorewall-nft and arm32 online that I
>> > can find - only arm64.  So I am hoping someone is running it on arm32
>> > and its not a lost cause :)
>>
>>
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