diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-accounting.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-accounting.xml
index 47ca9695b..c0ba3602a 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-accounting.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-accounting.xml
@@ -81,13 +81,9 @@
Section headers have the form:
-
+ section-name
- The optional "?" was added in Shorewalll 4.6.0 and is preferred.
- Existing configurations may be converted to use this form using the
- shorewall update command.
-
When sections are enabled:
@@ -357,19 +353,14 @@
- [?]COMMENT
+ ?COMMENTThe remainder of the line is treated as a comment which
is attached to subsequent rules until another COMMENT line is
found or until the end of the file is reached. To stop adding
comments to rules, use a line with only the word
- COMMENT.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym
- for COMMENT and is preferred.
-
+ ?COMMENT.
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-blrules.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-blrules.xml
index c1684d203..6f3e2d299 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-blrules.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-blrules.xml
@@ -186,20 +186,15 @@
- [?]COMMENT
+ ?COMMENTThe rest of the line will be attached as a comment to
the Netfilter rule(s) generated by the following entries. The
comment will appear delimited by "/* ... */" in the output of
"shorewall show <chain>". To stop the comment from being
- attached to further rules, simply include COMMENT on a line by
- itself.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym
- for COMMENT and is preferred.
-
+ attached to further rules, simply include ?COMMENT on a line
+ by itself.
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-conntrack.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-conntrack.xml
index 4c570e28b..c5617ab9e 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-conntrack.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-conntrack.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
format.
- [?]FORMAT
+ ?FORMATformat
@@ -64,21 +64,14 @@
role="bold">1,2 or 3.
- Format 3 was introduced in Shorewall 4.5.10. The optional '?' was
- introduced in Shorewall 4.5.11 and ?FORMAT is the preferred form; the form
- without the '?' is deprecated.
+ Format 3 was introduced in Shorewall 4.5.10.Comments may be attached to Netfilter rules generated from entries
- in this file through the use of COMMENT lines. These lines begin with the
- word COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated as a comment which is
- attached to subsequent rules until another COMMENT line is found or until
+ in this file through the use of ?COMMENT lines. These lines begin with
+ ?COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated as a comment which is
+ attached to subsequent rules until another ?COMMENT line is found or until
the end of the file is reached. To stop adding comments to rules, use a
- line with only the word COMMENT.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym for COMMENT
- and is preferred.
-
+ line containing only ?COMMENT.
The columns in the file are as follows (where the column name is
followed by a different name in parentheses, the different name is used in
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-interfaces.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-interfaces.xml
index fc2f33d28..aa1558183 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-interfaces.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-interfaces.xml
@@ -54,12 +54,9 @@
The format is specified by a line as follows:
- [?]FORMAT {1|2}
+ ?FORMAT {1|2}
- The optional '?' was introduced in Shorewall 4.5.11 and ?FORMAT is
- the preferred form; the form without the '?' is deprecated.
-
The columns in the file are as follows.
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-mangle.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-mangle.xml
index b2e837aea..49c6786f1 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-mangle.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-mangle.xml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
shorewall show mangleTo stop the comment from being attached to further
- rules, simply include COMMENT on a line by itself.
+ rules, simply include ?COMMENT on a line by itself.
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-masq.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-masq.xml
index 21bc009c7..cb59f2d98 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-masq.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-masq.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
role="bold">+]interfacelist[:[digit]][:[dest-address[,dest-address]...[exclusion]]|[?]COMMENT}
+ role="bold">,dest-address]...[exclusion]]|?COMMENT}
Outgoing interfacelist. This may be a
@@ -113,17 +113,12 @@
url="/manpages/shorewall-nat.html">shorewall-nat(5).Comments may be attached to Netfilter rules generated from
- entries in this file through the use of COMMENT lines. These lines
- begin with the word COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated as
- a comment which is attached to subsequent rules until another
- COMMENT line is found or until the end of the file is reached. To
- stop adding comments to rules, use a line with only the word
- COMMENT.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym for
- COMMENT and is preferred.
-
+ entries in this file through the use of ?COMMENT lines. These lines
+ begin with ?COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated as a
+ comment which is attached to subsequent rules until another ?COMMENT
+ line is found or until the end of the file is reached. To stop
+ adding comments to rules, use a line containing only
+ ?COMMENT.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.6.0, a new syntax is also accepted.
With the exception of the leading '+', the interfacelist and
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-nat.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-nat.xml
index 5b26fc984..e58080895 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-nat.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-nat.xml
@@ -44,25 +44,20 @@
EXTERNAL -
- {address|[?]COMMENT}
+ {address|?COMMENT}
External IP Address - this should NOT be the primary IP
address of the interface named in the next column and must not be a
DNS Name.
- If you put COMMENT in this column, the rest of the line will
+ If you put ?COMMENT in this column, the rest of the line will
be attached as a comment to the Netfilter rule(s) generated by the
following entries in the file. The comment will appear delimited by
"/* ... */" in the output of "shorewall show nat"To stop the comment from being attached to further rules,
- simply include COMMENT on a line by itself.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym for
- COMMENT and is preferred.
-
+ simply include ?COMMENT on a line by itself.
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-rules.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-rules.xml
index 6023b906a..7765761d6 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-rules.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-rules.xml
@@ -42,12 +42,8 @@
The rules file is divided into sections. Each section is introduced
- by a "Section Header" which is a line beginning with [?]SECTION and
- followed by the section name.
-
- The optional "?" was added in Shorewalll 4.6.0 and is preferred.
- Existing configurations may be converted to use this form using the
- shorewall update command.
+ by a "Section Header" which is a line beginning with ?SECTION and followed
+ by the section name.Sections are as follows and must appear in the order listed:
@@ -142,7 +138,7 @@
role="bold">ESTABLISHED and RELATED sections and place all of your
non-blacklisting rules in the NEW section (That's after the line that
- reads SECTION NEW').
+ reads ?SECTION NEW').
@@ -305,20 +301,15 @@
- [?]COMMENT
+ ?COMMENTthe rest of the line will be attached as a comment to
the Netfilter rule(s) generated by the following entries. The
comment will appear delimited by "/* ... */" in the output of
"shorewall show <chain>". To stop the comment from being
- attached to further rules, simply include COMMENT on a line by
- itself.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym
- for COMMENT and is preferred.
-
+ attached to further rules, simply include ?COMMENT on a line
+ by itself.
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-secmarks.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-secmarks.xml
index 820acaf62..33edfb571 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-secmarks.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-secmarks.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
SECMARK -
- {SAVE|RESTORE|context|COMMENT
+ {SAVE|RESTORE|context|?COMMENT
comment}
@@ -78,19 +78,14 @@
- [?]COMMENT
+ ?COMMENTThe remainder of the line is treated as a comment which
- is attached to subsequent rules until another COMMENT line is
+ is attached to subsequent rules until another ?COMMENT line is
found or until the end of the file is reached. To stop adding
comments to rules, use a line with only the word
- COMMENT.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym
- for COMMENT and is preferred.
-
+ ?COMMENT.
diff --git a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tunnels.xml b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tunnels.xml
index d47a4e560..aafef2135 100644
--- a/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tunnels.xml
+++ b/Shorewall/manpages/shorewall-tunnels.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
role="bold">ipip|gre|l2tp|pptpclient|pptpserver|[?]COMMENT|{pptpserver|?COMMENT|{openvpn|openvpnclient|openvpnserver}[:{Comments may be attached to Netfilter rules generated from
- entries in this file through the use of COMMENT lines. These lines
- begin with the word COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated as
- a comment which is attached to subsequent rules until another
- COMMENT line is found or until the end of the file is reached. To
- stop adding comments to rules, use a line with only the word
- COMMENT.
+ entries in this file through the use of /COMMENT lines. These lines
+ begin with ?COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated as a
+ comment which is attached to subsequent rules until another ?COMMENT
+ line is found or until the end of the file is reached. To stop
+ adding comments to rules, use a line containing only
+ ?COMMENT.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym for
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-accounting.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-accounting.xml
index f8903ed89..077282ebf 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-accounting.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-accounting.xml
@@ -299,19 +299,14 @@
- [?]COMMENT
+ ?COMMENTThe remainder of the line is treated as a comment which
- is attached to subsequent rules until another COMMENT line is
+ is attached to subsequent rules until another ?COMMENT line is
found or until the end of the file is reached. To stop adding
comments to rules, use a line with only the word
- COMMENT.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym
- for COMMENT and is preferred.
-
+ ?COMMENT.
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-blrules.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-blrules.xml
index 9c95c6ad3..9f2903c11 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-blrules.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-blrules.xml
@@ -187,20 +187,15 @@
- [?]COMMENT
+ ?COMMENTthe rest of the line will be attached as a comment to
the Netfilter rule(s) generated by the following entries. The
comment will appear delimited by "/* ... */" in the output of
"shorewall6 show <chain>". To stop the comment from
- being attached to further rules, simply include COMMENT on a
+ being attached to further rules, simply include ?COMMENT on a
line by itself.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym
- for COMMENT and is preferred.
-
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-conntrack.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-conntrack.xml
index ea661658f..54b770674 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-conntrack.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-conntrack.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
format.
- [?]FORMAT
+ ?FORMATformat
@@ -64,21 +64,14 @@
role="bold">1,2 or 3.
- Format 3 was introduced in Shorewall 4.5.10. The optional '?' was
- introduced in Shorewall 4.5.11 and ?FORMAT is the preferred form; the form
- without the '?' is deprecated.
+ Format 3 was introduced in Shorewall 4.5.10.Comments may be attached to Netfilter rules generated from entries
- in this file through the use of COMMENT lines. These lines begin with the
- word COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated as a comment which is
- attached to subsequent rules until another COMMENT line is found or until
+ in this file through the use of ?COMMENT lines. These lines begin with
+ ?COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated as a comment which is
+ attached to subsequent rules until another ?COMMENT line is found or until
the end of the file is reached. To stop adding comments to rules, use a
- line with only the word COMMENT.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym for COMMENT
- and is preferred.
-
+ line with only ?COMMENT.
The columns in the file are as follows (where the column name is
followed by a different name in parentheses, the different name is used in
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-interfaces.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-interfaces.xml
index 83ccb32b1..97e5afa3f 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-interfaces.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-interfaces.xml
@@ -54,12 +54,9 @@
The format is specified by a line as follows:
- [?]FORMAT {1|2}
+ ?FORMAT {1|2}
- The optional '?' was introduced in Shorewall 4.5.11 and ?FORMAT is
- the preferred form; the form without the '?' is deprecated.
-
The columns in the file are as follows.
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-mangle.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-mangle.xml
index f52db8668..060d58565 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-mangle.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-mangle.xml
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@
shorewall show mangleTo stop the comment from being attached to further
- rules, simply include COMMENT on a line by itself.
+ rules, simply include ?COMMENT on a line by itself.
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-masq.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-masq.xml
index 69cb565c5..54ad6afb2 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-masq.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-masq.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
INTERFACE:DEST - {[+]interfacelist|[:[dest-address[,dest-address]...[exclusion]]|[?]COMMENT}
+ role="bold">,dest-address]...[exclusion]]|?COMMENT}
Outgoing interfacelist. This may be a
@@ -86,17 +86,12 @@
as are ipset names preceded by a plus sign '+'.Comments may be attached to Netfilter rules generated from
- entries in this file through the use of COMMENT lines. These lines
- begin with the word COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated as
- a comment which is attached to subsequent rules until another
- COMMENT line is found or until the end of the file is reached. To
- stop adding comments to rules, use a line with only the word
- COMMENT.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym for
- COMMENT and is preferred.
-
+ entries in this file through the use of ?COMMENT lines. These lines
+ begin with ?COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated as a
+ comment which is attached to subsequent rules until another ?COMMENT
+ line is found or until the end of the file is reached. To stop
+ adding comments to rules, use a line containing only
+ ?COMMENT.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.6.0, a new syntax is also accepted.
With the exception of the leading '+', the interfacelist and
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-nat.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-nat.xml
index d5c9c1031..51667570b 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-nat.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-nat.xml
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@
If all you want to do is simple port forwarding, do NOT use this
file. See http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm#faq1.
-
+ url="/FAQ.htm#faq1">http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm#faq1.The columns in the file are as follows (where the column name is
@@ -42,25 +41,20 @@
EXTERNAL -
- {address|[?]COMMENT}
+ {address|?COMMENT}
External IP Address - this should NOT be the primary IP
address of the interface named in the next column and must not be a
DNS Name.
- If you put COMMENT in this column, the rest of the line will
+ If you put ?COMMENT in this column, the rest of the line will
be attached as a comment to the Netfilter rule(s) generated by the
following entries in the file. The comment will appear delimited by
"/* ... */" in the output of "shorewall show nat"To stop the comment from being attached to further rules,
- simply include COMMENT on a line by itself.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym for
- COMMENT and is preferred.
-
+ simply include ?COMMENT on a line by itself.
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-rules.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-rules.xml
index d4c3b67b6..8df91fc36 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-rules.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-rules.xml
@@ -35,12 +35,8 @@
request. All rules are terminating except LOG and QUEUE rules.The rules file is divided into sections. Each section is introduced
- by a "Section Header" which is a line beginning with [?]SECTION and
- followed by the section name.
-
- The optional "?" was added in Shorewalll 4.6.0 and is preferred.
- Existing configurations may be converted to use this form using the
- shorewall6 update command.
+ by a "Section Header" which is a line beginning with ?SECTION and followed
+ by the section name.
Sections are as follows and must appear in the order listed:
@@ -134,7 +130,7 @@
states, then it is suggested that you omit the ESTABLISHED and RELATED sections and place all of your rules in
- the NEW section (That's after the line that reads SECTION NEW').
+ the NEW section (That's after the line that reads ?SECTION NEW').
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-secmarks.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-secmarks.xml
index fb5aa0ad3..ae6387b3d 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-secmarks.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-secmarks.xml
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@
SECMARK -
- {SAVE|RESTORE|context|[?]COMMENT
- comment}
+ {SAVE|RESTORE|context|?COMMENT}
@@ -78,19 +77,14 @@
- [?]COMMENT
+ ?COMMENTThe remainder of the line is treated as a comment which
- is attached to subsequent rules until another COMMENT line is
+ is attached to subsequent rules until another ?COMMENT line is
found or until the end of the file is reached. To stop adding
comments to rules, use a line with only the word
- COMMENT.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym
- for COMMENT and is preferred.
-
+ ?COMMENT.
diff --git a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tunnels.xml b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tunnels.xml
index 0ea8180ab..2d056c1a8 100644
--- a/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tunnels.xml
+++ b/Shorewall6/manpages/shorewall6-tunnels.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
role="bold">ipsecnat|gre|l2tp|pptpclient|pptpserver|{pptpserver|?COMMENT|{openvpn|openvpnclient|openvpnserver}[:{Comments may be attached to Netfilter rules generated from
- entries in this file through the use of COMMENT lines. These lines
- begin with the word COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated as
- a comment which is attached to subsequent rules until another
- COMMENT line is found or until the end of the file is reached. To
+ entries in this file through the use of ?COMMENT lines. These lines
+ begin with the word ?COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated
+ as a comment which is attached to subsequent rules until another
+ ?COMMENT line is found or until the end of the file is reached. To
stop adding comments to rules, use a line with only the word
- COMMENT.
-
-
- Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym for
- COMMENT and is preferred.
-
+ ?COMMENT.