Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 09:12:28 +0200 From: Gary Jennejohn <gljennjohn@gmail.com> To: Marcelo Araujo <araujobsdport@gmail.com> Cc: araujo@freebsd.org, "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ipv6_ipfilter_rules= is obsolete ? Message-ID: <20200709091228.1d07d6f5@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: <CAOfEmZgMbJjRFWaq2KZ-=0JXtkDyYMpRnU2_30PRaE7E7F2hnQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <5F064B4F.5040006@gmail.com> <202007082334.068NY9QQ088738@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <CAOfEmZgMbJjRFWaq2KZ-=0JXtkDyYMpRnU2_30PRaE7E7F2hnQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 10:27:02 +0800 Marcelo Araujo <araujobsdport@gmail.com> wrote: > Em qui., 9 de jul. de 2020 __s 07:34, Rodney W. Grimes < > freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> escreveu: > > > > In /etc/defaults/rc.conf I see this > > > > > > ipv6_ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf6.rules" > > > # rules definition file for ipfilter, > > > # see /usr/src/contrib/ipfilter/rules for examples > > > > > > man 8 ipf says > > > > > > ipf -6 ipv4 and ipv6 rules are stored in a single table and can be read > > > from a single file. This option is no longer required to load ipv6 rules. > > > > > > I interrupt this to mean that the ipv6_ipfilter_rules="/etc/ipf6.rules" > > > line in /etc/defaults/rc.conf is obsolete and should be removed > > > before RELEASE 13.0 is published for users to use. > > > > Interesting, though I would not remove it. It should be marked as > > depricated and the /etc/rc.d/ipfilter shell script updated to emit > > a warning that it is depricated, but it should still be processed > > to retain backwards compatibility and NOT lock someone out of a > > system who has just done an upgrade to a newer version. > > > > Do you mean deprecated or depricated? > Got confused here! Sorry English is hard for non-native speakers. > It's a typo - he meant deprecated. -- Gary Jennejohn
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