Re: [PATCH]: fix all iptables problems with '!' (hopefully)

[Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>]

Harald Welte wrote:

>On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 04:33:44PM +0100, Patrick McHardy wrote:
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>>In fact ! is used in many matches in a non-boolean context.
>>After the patch is applied, both it always possible
>>(! --uid-owner xxx / --uid-owner ! xxx).
>>It would still be nice to have the helptexts unified concerning
>>the use of '!', i think.
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>This is why I'm still unsure whether to apply your patch or not.
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>I'd rather like to enforce one unique syntax than offering two different
>options giving the same result (and possibly causing confusion with the
>user).
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Thats the reason why i was unsure weather to send the patch or not ;)
What about if i convert all matches to only show "!" in boolean context 
in the
helptexts and change check_inverse and what else might be neccessary to 
enforce this ?
What about backward-compatibility ?

Regards,
Patrick