shorewall_code/Shorewall-docs2/errata.xml
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<article>
<articleinfo>
<title>Shorewall Errata</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Tom</firstname>
<surname>Eastep</surname>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<pubdate>2005-09-02</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>2001-2005</year>
<holder>Thomas M. Eastep</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
<para>Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version
1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with
no Invariant Sections, with no Front-Cover, and with no Back-Cover
Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled
<quote><ulink url="GnuCopyright.htm">GNU Free Documentation
License</ulink></quote>.</para>
</legalnotice>
</articleinfo>
<caution>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>If you use a Windows system to download a corrected script, be
sure to run the script through <ulink
url="http://www.megaloman.com/~hany/software/hd2u/">dos2unix</ulink>
after you have moved it to your Linux system.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>If you are installing Shorewall for the first time and plan to
use the .tgz and install.sh script, you can untar the archive, replace
the <quote>firewall</quote> script in the untarred directory with the
one you downloaded below, and then run install.sh.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>When the instructions say to install a corrected firewall script
in /usr/share/shorewall/firewall, you may rename the existing file
before copying in the new file.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="bold">DO NOT INSTALL CORRECTED COMPONENTS ON A
RELEASE EARLIER THAN THE ONE THAT THEY ARE LISTED UNDER
BELOW.</emphasis> For example, do NOT install the 2.0.2 firewall
script if you are running 2.0.0-RC2</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</caution>
<section>
<title>Problems in Shorewall.</title>
<para>Beginning with Shorewall version 2.2.0, errata <emphasis
role="bold">will not be published on this page</emphasis>. Rather, the
download directory for each version will contain:</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>A <filename>known_problems.txt</filename> file. This file will
list all known problems and will describe to any corrections or
workarounds available.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>An <filename class="directory">errata</filename> sub-directory.
This directory will contain updated components that correct problems
listed in the <filename>known_problems.txt</filename> file.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</section>
<section>
<title>Upgrade Issues</title>
<para>The upgrade issues have moved to <ulink url="upgrade_issues.htm">a
separate page</ulink>.</para>
</section>
</article>