svn commit: r337536 - head/sbin/ipfw

[Rodney W. Grimes]

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> On 09.08.2018 17:28, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> >> Author: ae
> >> Date: Thu Aug  9 12:46:30 2018
> >> New Revision: 337536
> >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/337536
> >>
> >> Log:
> >>   If -q flag is specified, do not complain when we are trying to delete
> >>   nonexistent NAT instance or nonexistent rule.
> > 
> > It would probably be better to not overload -q with what is
> > usually a -f like functionality of a command.  Sadly -f is
> > already used in ipfw, so another option should be choosen.
> > 
> >>   This allows execute batched `delete` commands and do not fail when
> >>   found nonexistent rule.
> > 
> > So now I can not code a quiet ipfw command that does fail when
> > I give it a bad delete command :-(.
> 
> Previously -q did not handled by delete command, so you can just use bad
> "ipfw delete" without -q :)

This now means -q has 2 functions, silence most commands,
and silently ignore errors on delete.

That is a poor implementation of syntax and options.


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Rod Grimes                                                 rgrimes at freebsd.org