Re: Macro files bug

Tom Eastep
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:07:45 -0000

alex wrote:
> Tom Eastep wrote:
>>
>> I regret having to inform you that macro files don''t have an
ORIGINAL DEST
>> column.

>
>       Sorry Tom, but i don''t understand exactly. These are
misprints in
> Shorewall''s distribution files or you don''t understand my
question?
> As i can see in all ''/usr/share/shorewall/macro.*'' files
is seventh
> column with such name. For example, content of DNS macro file:

It is regrettable that the original macro (whichever one it was) had
incorrect column headings and that all other macros were copied from it.
The patch at http://www1.shorewall.net/pub/shorewall/misc/alex.diff corrects
that problem.

The facts remain:

a) The Macro Documentation (http://www.shorewall.net/Macros.html) does not
mention an ORIGINAL DEST column
b) The Macro Template (/usr/share/shorewall/macro.template) does not contain
an ORIGINAL DEST column
c) No version of the Shorewall code has ever supported an ORIGINAL DEST
column in macro files.