Tom Eastep
2003-Feb-21 12:50 UTC
[Shorewall-users] Shorewall 1.4 will require the iproute package
Subject says it all... -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Shorewall - iptables made easy Shoreline, \ http://www.shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net
Tom Eastep
2003-Feb-21 16:01 UTC
[Shorewall-users] Shorewall 1.4 will require the iproute package
--On Friday, February 21, 2003 03:56:39 PM -0800 Steve Herber <herber@thing.com> wrote:> I just checked my Redhat 7.3 system and can only find documentation for > iproute-2.4.7. When you say you need the iproute package, is that the > package your are referring to?Yes.> Does this new requirement from Shorewall > impact any of the major distributions and Leaf?All major distributions include ''iproute'' although not all of them install it by default. Leaf includes iproute and doesn''t include ifconfig.> > Restated, what systems will be impacted by this requirement? > How can a system be checked to see if it meets the requirement?As root, at the shell prompt type "which ip" -- if you get an error, you will need to install the iproute package.> > As you can tell, I still love Shorewall. Thanks for such great product. >You''re welcome. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Shorewall - iptables made easy Shoreline, \ http://www.shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net
Tom Eastep
2003-Feb-21 16:07 UTC
[Shorewall-users] Shorewall 1.4 will require the iproute package
--On Friday, February 21, 2003 04:01:28 PM -0800 Tom Eastep <teastep@shorewall.net> wrote:> >> >> Restated, what systems will be impacted by this requirement? >> How can a system be checked to see if it meets the requirement? > > As root, at the shell prompt type "which ip" -- if you get an error, you > will need to install the iproute package. >Also, I would think that the majority of Shorewall users will have iproute installed already. The 1.3.* sample configurations require it and since the days of Shorewall 1.0.0, it has been required to use many of Shorewall''s features. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Shorewall - iptables made easy Shoreline, \ http://www.shorewall.net Washington USA \ teastep@shorewall.net