Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 21:40:48 GMT From: Jed Clear <jclear@speakeasy.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/156653: ipfw reports missing file as parameter problem Message-ID: <201104252140.p3PLemcr040310@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201104252150.p3PLo998068264@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 156653 >Category: bin >Synopsis: ipfw reports missing file as parameter problem >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Apr 25 21:50:08 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jed Clear >Release: 8.1R-p3 >Organization: Dis >Environment: FreeBSD net5501 8.1-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p3 #0: Sat Apr 23 16:01:09 EDT 2011 root@fbsdam3.my.domain:/usr/obj/nanobsd.custom/i386/usr/src/sys/JEDWALL i386 >Description: I was trying to use -n and the cpp preprocessor to syntax check a new rules file, using "ipfw -n -p cpp new.rules". It kept giving me "ipfw: illegal option -- p". This was very puzzling for a bit as it matches the man page perfectly. Eventually I discovered that I hadn't copied the new ruleset over to the right place and "new.rules" was MIA. So the bug is that the error report is misleading. >How-To-Repeat: Run "ipfw -n -p cpp /path/to/missing_file" >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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