ipv6_ipfilter_rules= is obsolete ?

[Marcelo Araujo]

Em qui., 9 de jul. de 2020 às 07:34, Rodney W. Grimes <
freebsd-rwg at 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    line in /etc/defaults/rc.conf is obsolete and should be removed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.


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