Bug 2539854

Summary:	firewalld should require libcap-ng-python3
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Tavi <tavi>
Component:	firewalld	Assignee:	Eric Garver <egarver>
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Version:	44	CC:	egarver, psutter, thom311
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Description Tavi 2026-09-24 01:32:31 UTC

Description of problem:
firewalld may silently be unable to drop caps in some cases


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
44


How reproducible:
sometimes


Steps to Reproduce:
1. install firewalld on a system with weak deps set


Actual results:
see libcap-ng-python3 not installed


Expected results:
see libcap-ng-python3 installed and firewalld print that it correctly dropped linux caps


Additional info:
relevant firewalld code here: https://github.com/firewalld/firewalld/blob/5019f0ccae0c07ba9e50abc794596f220fff65b9/src/firewalld.in#L189-L226

Comment 1 Tavi 2026-09-24 01:47:39 UTC

or maybe instead remove it and have the systemd unit enforce it via CapabilityBoundingSet instead?

Comment 2 Eric Garver 2026-09-28 16:03:45 UTC

It already Recommends it and dropping capabilities is optional. So yeah - a weak deps install means it won't pull int libcap-ng-python3. That intentional.

This is a WONFIX, imo.