[Pkg-libvirt-maintainers] Bug#846321: Bug#846321: libvirt-daemon should declare a dependency on iptables

[Guido Günther]

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 03:15:02PM +0530, Pirate Praveen wrote:
> package: libvirt-daemon
> version:  2.4.0-2
> severity: important
> 
> On an apt-get dist-upgrade yesterday, libvirtd gave this error
> (systemctl status libvirtd.service), after installing iptables, libvirtd
> started without error. It should at least recommend iptables.

libvirt-daemon-system recommends iptables since ages. Do you have
iptables rules defined? Please provide more logs and domain
configurations.
 -- Guido

> 
> libvirt version: 2.4.0, package: 2 (Guido Günther <agx at sigxcpu.org> Tue,
> 15 N
> ]: hostname: nishumbha
> ]: direct firewall backend requested, but /sbin/iptables is not
> available: No su
> ]: internal error: Failed to initialize a valid firewall backend
> ]: internal error: Failed to initialize a valid firewall backend
> ~
> 




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