Re: ipv6_ipfilter_rules= is obsolete ?

On Thu, 9 Jul 2020 10:27:02 +0800
Marcelo Araujo <araujobsdport_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Em qui., 9 de jul. de 2020 __s 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    line in /etc/defaults/rc.conf is obsolete and should be removed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.
> 

It's a typo - he meant deprecated.

-- 
Gary Jennejohn