Re: nftables add vs replace

[Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>]

On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 01:46:24PM +0200, Tomasz Bursztyka wrote:
> Hi Arturo,
> 
> >Think about a 'ruleset.nft' file starting like this:
> >==== 8< ====
> >wipe ruleset
> 
> That hits the current problem: you have to wipe-out all before
> creating stuff: it's greedy,
> instead of just letting untouched/replace what exists already and
> adding new ones.

I'm working on my proposed solution. So far just the add vs. create,
the replace command will be a bit more involved.

# src/nft create table filter
<cmdline>:1:1-19: Error: Could not add table: File exists
create table filter
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
# src/nft add table filter
#