Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 23:46:40 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Matteo Riondato <rionda@gufi.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Explaination of an extract from the handbook Firewall Section Message-ID: <20041221214640.GB1340@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <1103658469.8516.53.camel@kaiser.sig11.org> References: <1103658469.8516.53.camel@kaiser.sig11.org>
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On 2004-12-21 20:47, Matteo Riondato <rionda@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? % Index: chapter.sgml % =================================================================== % RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/firewalls/chapter.sgml,v % retrieving revision 1.10 % diff -u -r1.10 chapter.sgml % --- chapter.sgml 16 Dec 2004 22:45:35 -0000 1.10 % +++ chapter.sgml 21 Dec 2004 21:44:11 -0000 % @@ -245,8 +245,9 @@ % device pflog % device pfsync</programlisting> % % - <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
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