Shorewall users - Jul 2002 - update shorewall 1.1.17 to 1.3.4 - simple rpm -Uvh ?

Hi,

AFAIK the usual way to update shorewall is a "simple" :-) rpm -Uvh,
but
as I didn''t updated for a long time I''d like to be shure that
an update
from 1.1.17 to 1.3.4 will still work the same way with an simple rpm 
-Uvh... Or have there been changes which force to make changes to the 
configs? (not for using new features)

Thanks for hints!

cu...
...Götz

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Hi Goetz,

On Tue, 23 Jul 2002, Goetz Reinicke wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> AFAIK the usual way to update shorewall is a "simple" :-) rpm
-Uvh, but
> as I didn''t updated for a long time I''d like to be shure
that an update
> from 1.1.17 to 1.3.4 will still work the same way with an simple rpm 
> -Uvh... Or have there been changes which force to make changes to the 
> configs? (not for using new features)
> 
> Thanks for hints!
> 
You shouldn''t have any problems simply updating the RPM. While the
format
of port-forward and port-redirect rules has changed, the old rule syntax 
still works. Try "shorewall check" after you have upgraded -- there is
at
least one case (documented in the errata) where an incorrect configuration 
would work on older versions but will fail on the later ones. The
"check"
command will catch this and the fix is easy (add an entry to 
/etc/shorewall/interfaces).

-Tom
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