kern/77570: [PATCH] ipfw: Multiple rules may have the same number.

[Wojciech A. Koszek]

The following reply was made to PR kern/77570; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Wojciech A. Koszek" <dunstan at freebsd.czest.pl>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: kern/77570: [PATCH] ipfw: Multiple rules may have the same number.
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:00:19 +0000

 On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 11:17:34AM +0300, Maxim Konovalov wrote:
 
 [..]
 > Well, sorry, I really hate your patch :-)  This is the way ipfw(8) was
 > designed and works in RELENG_*.  It seems for me we gonna break
 > zillion ipfw installations with this patch.  "Tools not policy".
 > 
 > Would you mind if I close this PR?
 
 Hi Maxim,
 
 I thought it was some kind of a side effect in rule manipulation code, but
 if some reasons push people to use this feature, feel free to close this PR
 (and thanks for reaction).
 
 Cheers,
 -- 
 * Wojciech A. Koszek && dunstan at FreeBSD.czest.pl