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Date:      Thu, 9 Jul 2020 10:27:02 +0800
From:      Marcelo Araujo <araujobsdport@gmail.com>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Cc:        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Subject:   Re: ipv6_ipfilter_rules= is obsolete ?
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Em qui., 9 de jul. de 2020 =C3=A0s 07:34, Rodney W. Grimes <
freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> escreveu:

> > In /etc/defaults/rc.conf I see this
> >
> > ipv6_ipfilter_rules=3D"/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 rea=
d
> > from a single file. This option is no longer required to load ipv6 rule=
s.
> >
> > I interrupt this to mean that the ipv6_ipfilter_rules=3D"/etc/ipf6.rule=
s"
> >    line in /etc/defaults/rc.conf is obsolete and should be removed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.


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