macros not working (syntax error) - possible bug?
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Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 14:35:03 UTC
Hi, (After asking the same question on freebsd-questions@ I was encouraged to ask here.) When playing around with my pf.conf ruleset I came across the following oddity: If I define a macro in the following way: > foo = "10.0.0.1" > bar = "10.0.1.1" > baz = "{" $foo $bar "}" I can later use the macro $baz inside a filter rule. However, if I store subnets in my macros it does not work. This can easily be verify by having a file containing only the following three lines and using `pfctl -nvf file`: > foo = "10.0.0.0/24" > bar = "10.0.1.0/24" > baz = "{" $foo $bar "}" I get: > /tmp/test:3: syntax error According to the section "macros" in pf.conf(5) the macro definition looks legit. Could this be a bug in FreeBSD? Just wanted to ask the list if I am missing something. I tested it on 13.1-RELEASE and CURRENT, I always get a syntax error. Best regards, Stefan Haller