Description of problem: The original init.d/iptables scripts used to have: condrestart) [ -e "$VAR_SUBSYS_IPTABLES" ] && restart In F8 this has become, condrestart|try-restart) [ -f "$VAR_SUBSYS_IPTABLES" ] && exit 0 So if iptables is already running (has subsys lock file) exit. Is this a deliberate change of behaviour or broken? If a change, how do we replicate the original behaviour of reloading the rules file if iptables if already running.
This seems to have been fixed in Fedora 9. condrestart|try-restart) [ ! -e "$VAR_SUBSYS_IPTABLES" ] && exit 0 restart RETVAL=$? So now looks right, if lock does not exist it exits. Should I close ? Or given that it's still broken in F8 should I leave?
iptables-1.3.8-7.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8
Oups, my fault. Package has been built for F-8 a long time ago, but there was no update.
iptables-1.3.8-7.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update iptables'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-4628
iptables-1.3.8-7.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.