This is a patch to include "firewall" in the description of iptables, as it does not turn up with a search for "firewall" which might not be so intuitive for GNU beginners. I did not want to change the complete description (yet), I am open to suggestions if this short addition is not accurate. The important thing is to include "firewall" so it will turn up without knowing "ip filtering" "iptables" or similar concepts. From 0fbccf724e62eea2874428dbc115a2095718fb66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ni* Gillmann Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 19:08:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] gnu: linux.scm: iptables: include firewall in description --- gnu/packages/linux.scm | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm index 579df02..0d86c78 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ;;; Copyright © 2015 Taylan Ulrich Bayırlı/Kammer ;;; Copyright © 2015 Efraim Flashner ;;; Copyright © 2016 Christopher Allan Webber +;;; Copyright © 2016 Nils Gillmann ;;; ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix. ;;; @@ -881,7 +882,8 @@ Linux 2.4.x and later IPv4 packet filtering ruleset. It is targeted towards system administrators. Since Network Address Translation is also configured from the packet filter ruleset, iptables is used for this, too. The iptables package also includes ip6tables. ip6tables is used for configuring the IPv6 -packet filter.") +packet filter. In the broader sense it can be seen as a firewall tool for the +GNU System.") (license license:gpl2+))) (define-public iproute -- 2.6.3