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authorPatrick Lauer <patrick@gentoo.org>2009-04-30 11:26:06 +0000
committerPatrick Lauer <patrick@gentoo.org>2009-04-30 11:26:06 +0000
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parentVersion bump. (diff)
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Lots of small fixes thanks to Jason Wallace. Fixes #266930.
Package-Manager: portage-2.2_rc31/cvs/Linux x86_64
Diffstat (limited to 'net-analyzer')
-rw-r--r--net-analyzer/snort/ChangeLog8
-rw-r--r--net-analyzer/snort/Manifest5
-rw-r--r--net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4-r2.ebuild (renamed from net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4-r1.ebuild)70
-rw-r--r--net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4.ebuild363
4 files changed, 46 insertions, 400 deletions
diff --git a/net-analyzer/snort/ChangeLog b/net-analyzer/snort/ChangeLog
index bd77f2757e23..19254d9b1691 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/snort/ChangeLog
+++ b/net-analyzer/snort/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
# ChangeLog for net-analyzer/snort
# Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-analyzer/snort/ChangeLog,v 1.141 2009/04/18 14:40:43 patrick Exp $
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-analyzer/snort/ChangeLog,v 1.142 2009/04/30 11:26:06 patrick Exp $
+
+*snort-2.8.4-r2 (30 Apr 2009)
+
+ 30 Apr 2009; Patrick Lauer <patrick@gentoo.org> -snort-2.8.4.ebuild,
+ -snort-2.8.4-r1.ebuild, +snort-2.8.4-r2.ebuild:
+ Lots of small fixes thanks to Jason Wallace. Fixes #266930.
*snort-2.8.4-r1 (18 Apr 2009)
diff --git a/net-analyzer/snort/Manifest b/net-analyzer/snort/Manifest
index c51cc57c1121..2aa04b6fbad8 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/snort/Manifest
+++ b/net-analyzer/snort/Manifest
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ EBUILD snort-2.6.1.4-r1.ebuild 6032 RMD160 4e04385e15ac0da60eb33b6decef9ef75bee2
EBUILD snort-2.6.1.4.ebuild 5984 RMD160 57047f39db0979462684f75775c876b1f3e737d2 SHA1 cc4340770104cd6ffdab42165b27bd149d68103d SHA256 ada6aa994e747869846bf6bf41e8579b0a8bda56b945a1409d0af0d3c3e99eb8
EBUILD snort-2.7.0.1.ebuild 5408 RMD160 e9d46031bc510e0eb052e4d86906d549bd2265b9 SHA1 ef571fd63b0068b8aa86d5ca04360b6b66c1ec01 SHA256 194ec0bb0b17fa4bdd48451f1f7c940bed4454c88450833aa213207dc16a104e
EBUILD snort-2.8.3.1.ebuild 8974 RMD160 6ef2f46e1c73fb775bd5bdff90260a364e1a0d4e SHA1 57f21974a405eb88146877dd0fa477150c568bde SHA256 82f8cb84bb3bbf6cab5715f3c0dd3fa6066ee5b1905f4200a9c31af4790613b5
-EBUILD snort-2.8.4-r1.ebuild 12577 RMD160 ba4b6ed99b94d8ee46927e1f60b1a6f22788ced0 SHA1 bb563f39ed5b2d77ec0106cb160c1992cc3ece25 SHA256 0ae12508326d96455cccb86236e5fd0951b08dfefad99e7dd832786bb59441f0
-EBUILD snort-2.8.4.ebuild 11996 RMD160 4add7135c97b197bbff420f04973c64134c40d16 SHA1 87f298aa68daa51853b6df5adc2ebe47993e1506 SHA256 2bd7c53ed04fc48b12f025a55e859862804eccc92a6adc3111dd51ebc8d9aef1
-MISC ChangeLog 25510 RMD160 280e8a7bf6b48374fb4ab18dc37fdbe934bdeea4 SHA1 9c6cf765c6f693f566aeff5a838c4e485f986bea SHA256 9f9c751552d256fa667d5b140edda3a7083b7016d8dfe3c3a9f5a95fbf9bad30
+EBUILD snort-2.8.4-r2.ebuild 12930 RMD160 22292718337acb970bd83f5a7709c2095050d0aa SHA1 edb52b689546e16eaad2cf7443a8759b9910032d SHA256 440e820f10ebdf83c803c9274e9f813d9b5cfb456b0d9a59c91d392a04ffc834
+MISC ChangeLog 25725 RMD160 fa4352bdc63cdbf0df619c9d3cb48d3b598403a0 SHA1 af85c9037eb79cbe7e38e3a209cf0e4cabdb2455 SHA256 8f8d43a6f80f79710d180c7eec9374aa229fba511b2ffd3f67b1fc35086c5f88
MISC metadata.xml 2013 RMD160 f878a557e7fb8a6a0e5d5d723ccfe6706ecbbd01 SHA1 142b29b37edc0e531580c755299c4c330857ae46 SHA256 a92d498a6a793bd7df774c71561a845770a6daedc8c3114f3370d98e712d8c42
diff --git a/net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4-r1.ebuild b/net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4-r2.ebuild
index d1440683078f..d2e8fb46658c 100644
--- a/net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4-r1.ebuild
+++ b/net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4-r2.ebuild
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
# Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4-r1.ebuild,v 1.2 2009/04/19 01:24:06 mr_bones_ Exp $
-
-AT_M4DIR=m4
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4-r2.ebuild,v 1.1 2009/04/30 11:26:06 patrick Exp $
inherit eutils autotools multilib
@@ -15,8 +13,7 @@ KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 -sparc ~x86"
IUSE="static debug threads prelude memory-cleanup dynamicplugin decoder-preprocessor-rules ipv6 targetbased timestats ppm perfprofiling linux-smp-stats inline inline-init-failopen flexresp flexresp2 react aruba gre mpls postgres mysql odbc selinux"
#flexresp, react, and inline _ONLY_ work with net-libs/libnet-1.0.2a
-DEPEND="virtual/libc
- virtual/libpcap
+DEPEND="virtual/libpcap
>=dev-libs/libpcre-6.0
flexresp2? ( dev-libs/libdnet )
flexresp? ( ~net-libs/libnet-1.0.2a )
@@ -32,8 +29,6 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-snort )"
pkg_setup() {
- enewgroup snort
- enewuser snort -1 -1 /dev/null snort
if use flexresp && use flexresp2 ; then
ewarn
@@ -83,6 +78,12 @@ pkg_setup() {
ewarn
epause
fi
+
+ # pre_inst() is a better place but we need it here for the
+ #'fowners' statements in src_install()
+ enewgroup snort
+ enewuser snort -1 -1 /dev/null snort
+
}
src_unpack() {
@@ -101,12 +102,26 @@ src_unpack() {
#This will be included upstream in the next version released
epatch "${FILESDIR}/spo_database_fix.patch"
+ #Multilib fix for the sf_engine
+ sed -i -e 's:${exec_prefix}/lib:${exec_prefix}/'$(get_libdir)':g' \
+ "${WORKDIR}/${P}/src/dynamic-plugins/sf_engine/Makefile.am" \
+ || die "sed for sf_engine failed"
+
+ #Multilib fix for the curent set of dynamic-preprocessors
+ for i in ftptelnet smtp ssh dcerpc dns ssl dcerpc2; do
+ sed -i -e 's:${exec_prefix}/lib:${exec_prefix}/'$(get_libdir)':g' \
+ "${WORKDIR}/${P}/src/dynamic-preprocessors/$i/Makefile.am" \
+ || die "sed for $i failed."
+ done
+
+ #This sed will prevent the example dynamic code from being compiled/installed
+ sed -i -e 's:$(EXAMPLES_DIR)::g' "${WORKDIR}/${P}/src/Makefile.am"
+
if use prelude ; then
sed -i -e "s:AC_PROG_RANLIB:AC_PROG_LIBTOOL:" configure.in
fi
- einfo "Regenerating autoconf/automake files"
- eautoreconf
+ AT_M4DIR=m4 eautoreconf
}
src_compile() {
@@ -143,7 +158,7 @@ src_compile() {
#are used. Here is the error...
#ERROR! --enable-react cannot be used with --enable-flexresp
#because it is AUTOMATICALLY enabled with --enable-flexresp
- #Given that --enable-flexresp is enable we know that
+ #Given that --enable-flexresp is enable we know that
#--disable-flexresp2 should be used
if use react; then
myconf="${myconf} --enable-react --disable-flexresp2"
@@ -157,6 +172,7 @@ src_compile() {
myconf="${myconf} --disable-dynamicplugin"
fi
+
# USE flages 'targetbased' and 'inline-init-failopen' require threads
#Only 'threads' is set here. 'targetbased' and 'inline-init-failopen' are set below via econf.
if use targetbased || use inline-init-failopen || use threads; then
@@ -188,7 +204,8 @@ src_compile() {
myconf="${myconf} --disable-prelude --disable-ipv6"
fi
-#The --enable-<feature> options...
+
+#The --enable-<feature> options...
#'static' 'threads' 'react' 'flexresp' 'flexresp2' 'inline' 'dynamicplugin'
# are configured above due to dependancy/conflict issues.
@@ -217,17 +234,17 @@ src_compile() {
${myconf} || die "econf failed"
# limit to single as reported by jforman on irc
- emake -j1 || die "emake failed"
+ emake -j1
+
}
src_install() {
emake DESTDIR="${D}" install || die "make install failed"
- dodir /var/log/snort/
keepdir /var/log/snort/
fowners snort:snort /var/log/snort
- dodir /var/run/snort/
+ keepdir /var/run/snort/
fowners snort:snort /var/run/snort/
dodoc doc/*
@@ -242,36 +259,23 @@ src_install() {
etc/reference.config \
etc/sid-msg.map \
etc/threshold.conf \
- etc/unicode.map
+ etc/unicode.map \
+ || die "Failed to add files in /etc/snort"
newins etc/snort.conf snort.conf.distrib
insinto /etc/snort/preproc_rules
doins preproc_rules/decoder.rules \
- preproc_rules/preprocessor.rules
+ preproc_rules/preprocessor.rules \
+ || die "Failed to add files in /etc/snort/preproc_rules"
- dodir /etc/snort/rules/
keepdir /etc/snort/rules/
fowners -R snort:snort /etc/snort/
- keepdir /etc/snort/
- newinitd "${FILESDIR}/snort.rc9" snort
- newconfd "${FILESDIR}/snort.confd" snort
-
-}
+ newinitd "${FILESDIR}/snort.rc9" snort || die "Failed to add snort.rc9"
+ newconfd "${FILESDIR}/snort.confd" snort || die "Failed to add snort.confd"
-pkg_preinst() {
-
- if use dynamicplugin; then
-
- #Remove the example dynamic rule
- rm "${D}usr/"$(get_libdir)"/snort_dynamicrules/lib_sfdynamic_example_rule.la"
- rm "${D}usr/"$(get_libdir)"/snort_dynamicrules/lib_sfdynamic_example_rule.so"
- rm "${D}usr/"$(get_libdir)"/snort_dynamicrules/lib_sfdynamic_example_rule.so.0"
- rm "${D}usr/"$(get_libdir)"/snort_dynamicrules/lib_sfdynamic_example_rule.so.0.0.0"
-
- fi
# Make some changes to snort.conf.distrib
diff --git a/net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4.ebuild b/net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4.ebuild
deleted file mode 100644
index c057d61d2161..000000000000
--- a/net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4.ebuild
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,363 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2009 Gentoo Foundation
-# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
-# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/net-analyzer/snort/snort-2.8.4.ebuild,v 1.2 2009/04/18 06:22:00 mr_bones_ Exp $
-
-AT_M4DIR=m4
-
-inherit eutils autotools multilib
-
-DESCRIPTION="The de facto standard for intrusion detection/prevention"
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.snort.org/"
-SRC_URI="http://www.snort.org/dl/${P}.tar.gz"
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
-SLOT="0"
-KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~ppc ~ppc64 -sparc ~x86"
-IUSE="static debug threads prelude memory-cleanup dynamicplugin decoder-preprocessor-rules ipv6 targetbased timestats ppm perfprofiling linux-smp-stats inline inline-init-failopen flexresp flexresp2 react aruba gre mpls postgres mysql odbc selinux"
-
-#flexresp, react, and inline _ONLY_ work with net-libs/libnet-1.0.2a
-DEPEND="virtual/libc
- virtual/libpcap
- >=dev-libs/libpcre-6.0
- flexresp2? ( dev-libs/libdnet )
- flexresp? ( ~net-libs/libnet-1.0.2a )
- react? ( ~net-libs/libnet-1.0.2a )
- postgres? ( virtual/postgresql-base )
- mysql? ( virtual/mysql )
- odbc? ( dev-db/unixODBC )
- prelude? ( >=dev-libs/libprelude-0.9.0 )
- inline? ( ~net-libs/libnet-1.0.2a net-firewall/iptables )"
-
-RDEPEND="${DEPEND}
- dev-lang/perl
- selinux? ( sec-policy/selinux-snort )"
-
-pkg_setup() {
- enewgroup snort
- enewuser snort -1 -1 /dev/null snort
-
- if use flexresp && use flexresp2 ; then
- ewarn
- ewarn
- ewarn "You have both the 'flexresp' and 'flexresp2' USE"
- ewarn "flags set. You can use 'flexresp' OR 'flexresp2'"
- ewarn "but not both."
- ewarn
- ewarn "Defaulting to flexresp2..."
- ewarn
- ewarn
- epause
- fi
-
- if use memory-cleanup && ! use dynamicplugin; then
- ewarn
- ewarn
- ewarn "You have enabled 'memory-cleanup' but not 'dynamicplugin'."
- ewarn "'memory-cleanup' requires 'dynamicplugin' to compile."
- ewarn
- ewarn "Enabling dynamicplugin..."
- ewarn
- ewarn
- epause
- fi
-
- if use inline-init-failopen && ! use inline; then
- ewarn
- ewarn
- ewarn "You have enabled 'inline-init-failopen' but not 'inline'."
- ewarn "'inline-init-failopen' is an 'inline' only function."
- ewarn
- ewarn "Enabling inline mode..."
- ewarn
- ewarn
- epause
- fi
-}
-
-src_unpack() {
- unpack ${A}
- cd "${S}"
-
- #Dont monkey with the original source if you don't need to.
- if use flexresp || use react || use inline || use inline-init-failopen; then
- epatch "${FILESDIR}/${PN}-2.8.4-libnet.patch"
- fi
-
- #Added patch to print the value of PCAP_MEMORY
- epatch "${FILESDIR}/pcap_memory.patch"
-
- #Added patch to fix problem with the DB output plugin
- #This will be included upstream in the next version released
- epatch "${FILESDIR}/spo_database_fix.patch"
-
- if use prelude ; then
- sed -i -e "s:AC_PROG_RANLIB:AC_PROG_LIBTOOL:" configure.in
- fi
-
- einfo "Regenerating autoconf/automake files"
- eautoreconf
-}
-
-src_compile() {
- local myconf
-
- #Both shared and static are enable by defaut so we need to be specific
- if use static; then
- myconf="${myconf} --enable-static --disable-shared"
- else
- myconf="${myconf} --disable-static --enable-shared"
- fi
-
- #Added in ebuild version snort-2.8.3.1. Should be rechecked in updated versions.
- #Use 'die' because ./configure will die any ways with the same error message...
- if use ipv6 && use targetbased; then
- die "Support for target-based and IPv6 cannot be enabled simultaneously in this version."
- fi
-
- #Sourcefire is often not clear about what is and is not enabled by default
- #To avoid undesired results we should be very specific
- #Also, See the next 'if' for "react"
- if ! use react && use flexresp && ! use flexresp2; then
- myconf="${myconf} --enable-flexresp --disable-flexresp2"
- elif ! use react && ! use flexresp && use flexresp2; then
- myconf="${myconf} --disable-flexresp --enable-flexresp2"
- elif ! use react && use flexresp && use flexresp2; then
- myconf="${myconf} --disable-flexresp --enable-flexresp2"
- elif ! use react && ! use flexresp && ! use flexresp2; then
- myconf="${myconf} --disable-flexresp --disable-flexresp2"
- fi
-
- #We need to do this becaue 'react' automaticly enables 'flexresp'
- #but ./configure fails if both --enable-react and --enable-flexresp
- #are used. Here is the error...
- #ERROR! --enable-react cannot be used with --enable-flexresp
- #because it is AUTOMATICALLY enabled with --enable-flexresp
- #Given that --enable-flexresp is enable we know that
- #--disable-flexresp2 should be used
- if use react; then
- myconf="${myconf} --enable-react --disable-flexresp2"
- fi
-
- #USE flag memory-cleanup requires dynamicplugin
- #Only 'dynamicplugin' is set here, 'memory-cleanup' is set below via econf.
- if use memory-cleanup || use dynamicplugin; then
- myconf="${myconf} --enable-dynamicplugin"
- else
- myconf="${myconf} --disable-dynamicplugin"
- fi
-
- # USE flages 'targetbased' and 'inline-init-failopen' require threads
- #Only 'threads' is set here. 'targetbased' and 'inline-init-failopen' are set below via econf.
- if use targetbased || use inline-init-failopen || use threads; then
- myconf="${myconf} --enable-pthread"
- else
- myconf="${myconf} --disable-pthread"
- fi
-
- #Only needed if...
- if use flexresp || use react || use inline; then
- myconf="${myconf} --with-libipq-includes=/usr/include/libipq"
- fi
-
- #'inline-init-failopen' requires 'inline'
- if use inline-init-failopen || use inline; then
- myconf="${myconf} --enable-inline"
- else
- myconf="${myconf} --disable-inline"
- fi
-
-#The --enable-<feature> options...
-#'static' 'threads' 'react' 'flexresp' 'flexresp2' 'inline' 'dynamicplugin'
-# are configured above due to dependancy/conflict issues.
-
-#All others are handled the standard ebuild way via econf
-
- econf \
- --without-oracle \
- $(use_with postgres postgresql) \
- $(use_with mysql) \
- $(use_with odbc) \
- --with-pic \
- --disable-ipfw \
- --disable-profile \
- --disable-ppm-test \
- $(use_enable debug) \
- $(use_enable prelude) \
- $(use_enable memory-cleanup) \
- $(use_enable decoder-preprocessor-rules) \
- $(use_enable ipv6) \
- $(use_enable targetbased) \
- $(use_enable timestats) \
- $(use_enable ppm) \
- $(use_enable perfprofiling) \
- $(use_enable linux-smp-stats) \
- $(use_enable inline-init-failopen) \
- $(use_enable aruba) \
- $(use_enable gre) \
- $(use_enable mpls) \
- ${myconf} || die "econf failed"
-
- # limit to single as reported by jforman on irc
- emake -j1 || die "emake failed"
-}
-
-src_install() {
- emake DESTDIR="${D}" install || die "make install failed"
-
- dodir /var/log/snort/
- keepdir /var/log/snort/
- fowners snort:snort /var/log/snort
-
- dodir /var/run/snort/
- fowners snort:snort /var/run/snort/
-
- dodoc doc/*
- dodoc ./RELEASE.NOTES
- docinto schemas
- dodoc schemas/*
-
- insinto /etc/snort
- doins etc/attribute_table.dtd \
- etc/classification.config \
- etc/gen-msg.map \
- etc/reference.config \
- etc/sid-msg.map \
- etc/threshold.conf \
- etc/unicode.map
-
- newins etc/snort.conf snort.conf.distrib
-
- insinto /etc/snort/preproc_rules
- doins preproc_rules/decoder.rules \
- preproc_rules/preprocessor.rules
-
- dodir /etc/snort/rules/
- keepdir /etc/snort/rules/
-
- fowners -R snort:snort /etc/snort/
- keepdir /etc/snort/
-
- newinitd "${FILESDIR}/snort.rc9" snort
- newconfd "${FILESDIR}/snort.confd" snort
-
-}
-
-pkg_preinst() {
-
- #Remove the example dunamic rule
- rm "${D}usr/"$(get_libdir)"/snort_dynamicrules/lib_sfdynamic_example_rule.la"
- rm "${D}usr/"$(get_libdir)"/snort_dynamicrules/lib_sfdynamic_example_rule.so"
- rm "${D}usr/"$(get_libdir)"/snort_dynamicrules/lib_sfdynamic_example_rule.so.0"
- rm "${D}usr/"$(get_libdir)"/snort_dynamicrules/lib_sfdynamic_example_rule.so.0.0.0"
-
- # Make some changes to snort.conf.distrib
-
- # Set the correct lib path for dynamicengine, dynamicpreprocessor, and dynamicdetection
- sed -i -e 's:/usr/local/lib:/usr/'$(get_libdir)':g' \
- "${D}etc/snort/snort.conf.distrib"
-
- #Set the correct rule location in the config
- sed -i -e 's:RULE_PATH ../rules:RULE_PATH /etc/snort/rules:g' \
- "${D}etc/snort/snort.conf.distrib"
-
- #Set the correct preprocessor/decoder rule location in the config
- sed -i -e 's:PREPROC_RULE_PATH ../preproc_rules:PREPROC_RULE_PATH /etc/snort/preproc_rules:g' \
- "${D}etc/snort/snort.conf.distrib"
-
- #Enable the preprocessor/decoder rules
- sed -i -e 's:^# include $PREPROC_RULE_PATH:include $PREPROC_RULE_PATH:g' \
- "${D}etc/snort/snort.conf.distrib"
- sed -i -e 's:^# dynamicdetection directory:dynamicdetection directory:g' \
- "${D}etc/snort/snort.conf.distrib"
-
- #Just some clean up of trailing /'s in the config
- sed -i -e 's:snort_dynamicpreprocessor/$:snort_dynamicpreprocessor:g' \
- "${D}etc/snort/snort.conf.distrib"
- sed -i -e 's:snort_dynamicrule/$:snort_dynamicrules:g' \
- "${D}etc/snort/snort.conf.distrib"
-
- #Make it clear in the config where these are...
- sed -i -e 's:^include classification.config:include /etc/snort/classification.config:g' \
- "${D}etc/snort/snort.conf.distrib"
- sed -i -e 's:^include reference.config:include /etc/snort/reference.config:g' \
- "${D}etc/snort/snort.conf.distrib"
-
- #Disable all rule files by default.
- #Users need to chose what they want enabled.
- sed -i -e 's:^include $RULE_PATH:# include $RULE_PATH:g' \
- "${D}etc/snort/snort.conf.distrib"
-
-}
-
-pkg_postinst() {
- einfo
- einfo "Snort is a libpcap based packet capture tool which can be used in"
- einfo "three modes Sniffer Mode, Packet Logger Mode, or Network Intrusion"
- einfo "Detection System Mode."
- einfo
- einfo "To learn more about these modes review the Snort User Manual at..."
- einfo
- einfo "http://www.snort.org/docs/"
- einfo
- einfo "See /usr/share/doc/${PF} and /etc/snort/snort.conf.distrib for"
- einfo "information on configuring snort."
- einfo
- einfo "Joining the Snort Users and Snort Sigs mailing list is highly"
- einfo "recommended for all users..."
- einfo
- einfo "http://www.snort.org/community/lists.html"
- einfo
- elog "Snort-2.8.4-r1 Notes:"
- elog "The 'ruleperf' USE flag has been removed. The Snort Dev's have"
- elog "included it in the build by default now."
- elog
- elog "The 'stream4udp' USE flag has been removed. It is no"
- elog "longer a valid compile time option."
- elog "If you are still using Stream4, you should switch to using Stream5."
- elog
- elog "/etc/init.d/snort and /etc/conf.d/snort have been updated to"
- elog "resolve some bugs with starting and stopping snort."
- elog "It is important that you update these when you run 'etc-update'"
- elog
- elog "The 'community-rules' USE flag has been removed."
- elog
- elog "We are no longer distributing rule files via the snort ebuild."
- elog "There are a couple of reasons for this change..."
- elog
- elog "1. Rule files are not versioned making it impossible to use"
- elog " portage to update them properly."
- elog "2. Although some of the rules are still useful, the"
- elog " Community Rules are quite old (RELEASED: 2007-04-27) and"
- elog " should only be used to supplement the VRT rule set."
- elog "3. Sourcefire's VRT rule set requires users to register (for free)"
- elog " to download them."
- elog "4. Certain versions of Snort require specific rule set versions"
- elog " for proper detection and to prevent Snort from breaking."
- elog " (See below.)"
- elog
- elog "To download rules for use with Snort please, see the following"
- elog
- elog "Sourcefire's VRT Rules and older Community Rules:"
- elog "http://www.snort.org/pub-bin/downloads.cgi"
- elog
- elog "Emerging Threats Rules:"
- elog "http://www.emergingthreats.net/"
- elog
- elog "A good place to put your downloaded rules would be..."
- elog "/etc/snort/rules"
- elog
- elog "To manage updates to your rules please visit..."
- elog
- elog "http://oinkmaster.sourceforge.net/"
- elog
- elog "and then 'emerge oinkmaster'."
- elog
- elog "!!!IMPORTANT!!!"
- elog "Users upgrading from versions prior to Snort-2.8.4 and are using"
- elog "the dcerpc or dcerpc2 preprocessor in your snort.conf file"
- elog "with the netbios rules should be aware of the following"
- elog "announcements..."
- elog
- elog "http://vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.com/2009/04/snort-284-is-nigh.html"
- elog "http://vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.com/2009/02/important-snort-rule-changes-and-new.html"
- elog
-}