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.
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