[gentoo-user] Re: Wha' hoppen to firestarter?

[Ali Polatel <polatel@gmail.com>]

Dale <dalek@exceedtech.net> yazmış:
> Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> > I had firestarter-1.0.3 emerged for quite some time.  I hadn't really
> > used it, but I'm a bit surprised now to find that it's interfering
> > with normal emerges because it's got a big red "M" smacked on it.
> >
> > I suppose that means there's a problem with it, and it's explained in
> > some forum or list that I don't normally get.  But now I'd like a
> > clue: what's the {prognosis, workaround, fix, alternative}. As I
> > mentioned, I hadn't really started to use it, but I'd like to have a
> > better firewall tool than building iptables scripts in vim.
> >
> 
> This is from the Gentoo dev list.
> 
<snip>
> 
> So, if you like firestarter, better say something pretty soon.  ;-)
> 
> That help any??
> 
> Dale
> 
> :-)  :-)  :-)

 Upstream is dead and there are many open bugs so it's a PITA to
maintain. Here are the open bugs about firestarter:

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=146620
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179792
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180104
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=180105

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