Package: ferm Version: 2.0.7-1 Severity: normal File: /usr/sbin/ferm It is sometimes natural to want to write rules such as this:
if eth0 { chain INPUT ACCEPT; chain OUTPUT ACCEPT; } However, ferm complains: Error in ferm.conf line 1: if <-- Chain must be specified This requirement seems rather arbitrary; in fact it can be worked around by adding a chain directive before the `if', but this causes warnings when the chain is overridden within the block. It would seem to be much better if ferm would check that a chain is specified only once the `;' is seen. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.6 APT prefers stable APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i586) Kernel: Linux 2.6.34-net5501 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages ferm depends on: ii debconf 1.5.24 Debian configuration management sy ii iptables 1.4.2-6 administration tools for packet fi ii lsb-base 3.2-20 Linux Standard Base 3.2 init scrip ii perl 5.10.0-19lenny2 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction Versions of packages ferm recommends: ii libnet-dns-perl 0.63-2 Perform DNS queries from a Perl sc ferm suggests no packages. -- debconf information excluded -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org