From: Leonardo Eloy <leonardo.eloy@...>
Date: 2005-11-04T13:37:34+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Rubyipq v0.1.0: Bindings for Netfilter's libipq

On 11/3/05, Guillaume Marcais <guslist@free.fr> wrote:
> I have problem with the gem:
>
> [gus@comp tmp]$ sudo gem install rubyipq
> Password:
> Attempting local installation of 'rubyipq'
> Local gem file not found: rubyipq*.gem
> Attempting remote installation of 'rubyipq'
> Updating Gem source index for: http://gems.rubyforge.org
> ERROR:  While executing gem ... (Gem::GemNotFoundException)
>     Could not find rubyipq (> 0) in the repository
>
> [gus@comp tmp]$ sudo gem
> install /home/gus/Source/Ruby/gem/rubyipq-0.1.0-i686-linux.gem
> Attempting local installation of
> '/home/gus/Source/Ruby/gem/rubyipq-0.1.0-i686-linux.gem'
> ERROR:  Error installing
> gem /home/gus/Source/Ruby/gem/rubyipq-0.1.0-i686-linux.gem[.gem]: parse
> error on line 0, col 31: `!ruby/object:Gem::Specification '
>
> I modified the extconf.rb as followed for it to work:
>

Thanks a lot Guillaume, I'm correcting this issue right now.

> --- extconf.rb.org      2005-11-03 18:29:23.000000000 -0500
> +++ extconf.rb  2005-11-03 18:30:11.000000000 -0500
> @@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
>  have_header("libipq.h")
>  have_header("linux/netfilter.h")
>
> -find_header("rubyipq.h", ".")
> -find_header("rubyipq_proto.h", ".")
> +have_header("rubyipq.h")
> +have_header("rubyipq_proto.h")
>
>  create_makefile("Rubyipq")
>
> After this it compiled with no problem. I hope to get you some more
> feedback. I think this will be a useful library for me.

Thanks again! Please send me a mail if you have any trouble getting it
to work or suggestions... I'll be kinda busy this weekend but I'll try
to finish the "manual" ASAP.

>
> Thanks,
> Guillaume.
>
>
> On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 23:48 +0900, Leonardo Eloy wrote:
> > Hi there!
> >
> > Rubyipq are Ruby bindings for Netfilter's libipq (ip queue), making it
> > possible for developers to intercept the incoming IP traffic, deciding
> > whether to accept or drop it (issuing a verdict) according to the
> > iptables rule set.
> >
> > Project Homepage: http://rubyipq.rubyforge.org
> > Downloads (Source, Gem): http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=959
> >
> > Version 0.1.0 features:
> >  * Built-in IP, TCP and UDP headers implementation;
> >  * Possibility to obtain packet data;
> >  * Implemented the whole ipq_packet_msg_t structure;
> >  * Added the whole bunch of protocol numbers;
> >  * Dynamic buffer size setting.
> >
> >
> > Installation from sources:
> >  # tar -xzvf rubyipq-0.1.0.tar.gz
> >  # cd rubyipq-0.1.0
> >  # make
> >  # make install
> >
> >
> > It's also available via RubyGems:
> >   # gem install rubyipq
> >
> >  if you try to run the sample file and it cannot find the library, try
> > using something like this:
> >   # export RUBYLIB=$RUBYLIB:/usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rubyipq-0.1.0-i686-linux/
> >
> > I'm currently writing the manual and RDoc for this extension, I hope
> > in a week or so I'll have something ready. If anything goes wrong,
> > drop me a line, though. I'm also looking for someone to make a new
> > site for Rubyipq!
> >
> > Att,.
> > Leonardo Eloy
> >
>
>
>


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