Phil Sutter <phil@xxxxxx> wrote: > This reverts commit 5f508b76a0cebaf91965ffa678089222e2d47964. > > While attempts at unifying syntax between arp-, eb- and iptables-nft > increase the opportunity for more code-sharing, they are problematic > when it comes to compatibility. Accepting the old syntax on input helps, > but due to the fact that neither arptables nor ebtables support --check > command we must expect for users to test existence of a rule by > comparing input with output. If that happens in a script, deviating from > the old syntax in output has a high chance of breaking it. Is there a known script that is affected? We broke this in iptables in even worse way, as we even do not support -i ! "foo" anymore (you get a syntax error). Do you think adding a warning on -i ! "foo" would help? The many syntax deviations between the flavours is not nice at all, making this more consistent would be a nice thing imo.
