On 20 Nov 2002, 17:26:01, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: > > > On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 15:42, Doug MacFarlane wrote: > > > > I installed Shorewall on a Woody systems and couldn't get it started following > > the quickstart guide. The /etc/shorewall/firewall script exited with: > > > > ip: command not found > > > > The quickstart doc mentions that redhat users need to be sure that the >iproute/iproute2 > > package is installed so that the ip command is available. > > > > This, apparently, also applies to debian folk as well.
> I don't know about debian (just came back to linux from solaris) but > iproute2 only have to be installed if you use certain syntax/feature. it > is workeable without it. I guess it should be suggested and not > dependent. did you install it with apt or with dselect? (it's my > understanding that apt only install dependent packages and doesn't say > anything about suggested). I installed shorewall with apt-get. My sources.list points to stable. I have no problem installing iproute (I did this). What I don't understand is why the shorewall Debian package didn't identify iproute as a necessary dependency. madmac -- Doug MacFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
