From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick McHardy Subject: Re: [PATCH]: fix all iptables problems with '!' (hopefully) Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 19:37:10 +0100 Sender: netfilter-devel-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: <3E1C6FD6.8040603@trash.net> References: <35565.195.97.5.193.1041816667.squirrel@fs.tsaousis.gr> <20030106020219.GC423@comet.rv-int> <3E193B0E.9030602@trash.net> <36373.195.97.5.193.1041856153.squirrel@fs.tsaousis.gr> <3E19A1D8.7080605@trash.net> <20030107171526.GL1353@sunbeam.de.gnumonks.org> <3E1B222B.5030009@trash.net> <20030107201643.GY9467@sunbeam.de.gnumonks.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Netfilter Development Mailinglist Return-path: To: Harald Welte In-Reply-To: <20030107201643.GY9467@sunbeam.de.gnumonks.org> Errors-To: netfilter-devel-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org Harald Welte wrote: >>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 ? >> >> > >I think this is a wise idea. > > Since i have to touch a lot of helptexts anyway i thought it might be the time to unify their format. Any wishes regarding this ? Regards, Patrick > > >>What about backward-compatibility ? >> >> > >This is usually not my idea of being user-friendly... but considering >how much trouble we've had with this over the last couple of months, I'm >willing to sacrifice a bit of backwards compatibility. > >To everyone: Please feel free to protest. > > >