Package: firestarter Version: 1.0.3-1.1 Hello. This is a bug initially reported at http://launchpad.net/bugs/38755.
"It seems desirable for firestarter to upgrade in a more atomic manner. To illustrate, here is an excerpt of a recent upgrade run on dapper: ===snip=== Preparing to replace firestarter 1.0.3-1.1ubuntu1 (using .../firestarter_1.0.3-1.1ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... Stopping the Firestarter firewall:done. Unpacking replacement firestarter ... Preparing to replace gcc-4.0-doc 4.0.3-1ubuntu3 (using .../gcc-4.0-doc_4.0.3-1ubuntu4_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gcc-4.0-doc ... Preparing to replace gnome-app-install 0.1.23 (using .../gnome-app-install_0.1.26_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement gnome-app-install ... Setting up libmudflap0 (4.0.3-1ubuntu4) ... Setting up cpp-4.0 (4.0.3-1ubuntu4) ... Setting up gcc-4.0 (4.0.3-1ubuntu4) ... Setting up libmudflap0-dev (4.0.3-1ubuntu4) ... Setting up app-install-data (0.1.26) ... Setting up cpp-4.0-doc (4.0.3-1ubuntu4) ... Setting up firestarter (1.0.3-1.1ubuntu2) ... Starting the Firestarter firewall: done. ===snip=== As you can see, the stopping of the firewall (in the pre-rm?) can be separated from the starting of the firewall (in the post-inst?) by a significant delay, if there are a number of packages to be upgraded. The above was during a relatively-frequent dapper upgrade, but I'm thinking more of the much-longer upgrades, such as the breezy=>dapper dist-upgrade, for example. Is there a plausible manner to change "invoke-rc.d firestarter stop" to "invoke-rc.d firestarter restart" or something similar, and still accomplish what you need during upgrade? I've seen that some packages appear to issue two "restart"s rather than a "stop" and subsequent "start", but never questioned the rationale (or mechanism). The goal of course would be to limit the users' exposure to running without an active firewall, especially on machines where the admin doing the upgrade is not the sole active user. (ie, remote upgrades)" It would be great if you took a look into this issue! Thanks for your time, Vassilis Pandis Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
