Explaination of an extract from the handbook Firewall Section

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On 2004-12-21 20:47, Matteo Riondato <rionda at gufi.org> wrote:
> <para><literal>device pf</literal> tells the compile to include
>        Packet Filter as part of its core kernel.</para>
>
> What is "the compile"? I assume it should be "the compiler" but I can be
> wrong...
>
> What is "its" referred to? I don't think a "compile" (or a "compiler"
> does have core kernel.
>
> Is there a missing word?

Hi,

Good catch.  The nearby paragraphs use "the foo option _enables_ bar"
for describing kernel options.

Does the following change make this paragraph easier to understand?

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%  device pflog
%  device pfsync</programlisting>
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% -      <para><literal>device pf</literal> tells the compile to include
% -        Packet Filter as part of its core kernel.</para>
% +      <para><literal>device pf</literal> enables support for the
% +       <quote>Packet Filter</quote> firewall to the resulting
% +       kernel.</para>
%
%        <para><literal>device pflog</literal> enables the optional
%          &man.pflog.4; pseudo network device which can be used to log traffic