just because gshield tries to symlink /etc/firewall/ to gshield which fails b/c the later installed /etc/firewall/applet.conf.
for the record: latest tinderbox image which run into that was gnome_20170409-193701
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=2a63cd0274d0e9bd4fc1ff444eb2b9e3c34865d3 commit 2a63cd0274d0e9bd4fc1ff444eb2b9e3c34865d3 Author: Matthias Maier <tamiko@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-02-12 02:50:02 +0000 Commit: Matthias Maier <tamiko@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-02-12 03:05:32 +0000 net-firewall/firewalld: version bump to 0.5.1 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/616146 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.24, Repoman-2.3.6 net-firewall/firewalld/Manifest | 1 + net-firewall/firewalld/firewalld-0.5.1.ebuild | 103 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 104 insertions(+)
(In reply to Larry the Git Cow from comment #2) > net-firewall/firewalld/Manifest | 1 + > net-firewall/firewalld/firewalld-0.5.1.ebuild | 103 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 104 insertions(+) That didn't fix the ebuild that triggered this bug report in the first place.
A better solution is to get rid of 16 year old gshield. There are many scripting solutions to building iptables firewalls that are better than this and which as a bonus get updated regularly, perhaps net-firewall/shorewall or another net-firewall/*wall.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=419ae36ea2abc10c2130ea55515a54202153f671 commit 419ae36ea2abc10c2130ea55515a54202153f671 Author: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-04-18 19:57:44 +0000 Commit: Mikle Kolyada <zlogene@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-04-18 19:58:44 +0000 net-firewall/gshield: remove last rited package Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/616146 net-firewall/gshield/Manifest | 1 - net-firewall/gshield/files/gshield.init | 26 ----------------- net-firewall/gshield/gshield-2.8-r4.ebuild | 46 ------------------------------ net-firewall/gshield/metadata.xml | 4 --- 4 files changed, 77 deletions(-)