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lightwave-client-1.3.1.34-33.ph4.x86_64 - firewall fail to start after upgrade

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Description

Describe the bug

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After upgrade to lightwave-client-1.3.1.34-33.ph4.x86_64 firewalld fail to start:
Installing/Updating: lightwave-client-1.3.1.34-33.ph4.x86_64
Job for firewall.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status firewall.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
Firewall service not restarted

Reproduction steps

upgrade to lightwave-client-1.3.1.34-33.ph4.x86_64

Expected behavior

Sep 22 08:36:34 photonOS systemd[1]: Starting Firewall rules for Lightwave....
░░ Subject: A start job for unit firewall.service has begun execution
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
░░
░░ A start job for unit firewall.service has begun execution.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 5128.
Sep 22 08:36:34 photonOS setfirewallrules.py[12786]: Setting Lightwave firewall rules
Sep 22 08:36:35 photonOS python3[12786]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Sep 22 08:36:35 photonOS python3[12786]: File "/usr/share/config/setfirewallrules.py", line 176, in
Sep 22 08:36:35 photonOS python3[12786]: main()
Sep 22 08:36:35 photonOS python3[12786]: File "/usr/share/config/setfirewallrules.py", line 134, in main
Sep 22 08:36:35 photonOS python3[12786]: flush_ip6rules()
Sep 22 08:36:35 photonOS python3[12786]: File "/usr/share/config/setfirewallrules.py", line 88, in flush_ip6rules
Sep 22 08:36:35 photonOS python3[12786]: log_error_and_return(stderr)
Sep 22 08:36:35 photonOS python3[12786]: File "/usr/share/config/setfirewallrules.py", line 15, in log_error_and_return
Sep 22 08:36:35 photonOS python3[12786]: syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ERR, "Error: " + stderr)
Sep 22 08:36:35 photonOS python3[12786]: TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "bytes") to str
Sep 22 08:36:35 photonOS systemd[1]: firewall.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

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Research direction

Start with /usr/share/config/setfirewallrules.py, especially log_error_and_return and flush_ip6rules, then review the traceback from the firewall.service startup. Reproduce the upgrade or service start and verify that the firewall starts successfully without the reported TypeError.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
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