The default for port_range should be "6881-6999", not "6890-6999"

[Daniel Hahler]

Binary package hint: rtorrent

The default for port_range is "6890-6999". That means that rtorrent does not use the (old) default port range which you would expect for bittorrent usage (6881-6889).

The FAQ at http://dessent.net/btfaq/#ports says that 6881-6889 gets used prior to version 3.2, and that it has been extended to 6881-6999 as of BitTorrent 3.2.

rtorrent uses the "extended" part only.

Therefor the Bittorrent macro for Shorewall fails, which uses 6881-6889 (I'll file a separate bug about this).

The patch seems quite trivial, but it's not tested:

--- rtorrent-0.6.4/src/core/manager.cc.orig 2006-10-27 15:48:48.000000000 +0200
+++ rtorrent-0.6.4/src/core/manager.cc 2007-04-28 17:20:48.557490410 +0200
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
   m_hashingView(NULL),

   m_pollManager(NULL),
- m_portFirst(6890),
+ m_portFirst(6881),
   m_portLast(6999) {

   m_downloadStore = new DownloadStore();

[Luca Falavigna (dktrkranz)]

Thank you for your bug report.
Upstream developers report that this has been fixed, could you please check?

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu)]

Marked as fixed committed.

[Andrea Veri (av)]

Debdiff attached includes this patch.

Thanks for your work.

[ZhengPeng Hou (zhengpeng-hou)]

uploaded

[Andrea Veri (av)]

rtorrent (0.7.4-2ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low

   * Added port_range patch that sets range to 6881-6999 ports,
     instead of 6890-6999. (LP: #110803)
   * Maintainer set to MOTU developers

 -- Andrea Veri <email address hidden> Thu, 31 May 2007 11:32:51 +0200