On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 08:06:28AM +0200, Claudio Jeker wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 06:50:13AM +0100, Jason McIntyre wrote:
> > On Wed, May 14, 2025 at 01:54:42AM +0200, Micha?? Markowski wrote:
> > > czw., 1 maj 2025 o 20:52 Micha?? Markowski <markowski1@gmail.com> napisa??(a):
> > > > Maybe this should be mentioned explicitly in ifconfig(8).
> > > >
> > > > --- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
> > > > +++ sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
> > > > @@ -247,7 +247,11 @@ interface group.
> > > >  .It
> > > >  The interfaces the default routes point to are members of the
> > > >  .Dq egress
> > > > -interface group.
> > > > +interface group, except for the ones marked with
> > > > +.Fl blackhole
> > > > +or
> > > > +.Fl reject
> > > > +flag.
> > > >  .It
> > > >  IEEE 802.11 wireless interfaces are members of the
> > > >  .Dq wlan
> > > 
> > > Any thoughts on this?
> > > 
> > 
> > i don;t understand it myself - don;t these flags apply to routes, rather
> > than interfaces?
> 
> The problem is that 'the ones' in the text above refers to routes and not
> the interfaces. Interfaces are added to the egress group if a usable
> default route uses that interface to send traffic out.  This now excludes
> blackhole and reject routes (a change made not that long ago).
> 
> > having said that, for your language i suggest either
> > 
> > 	marked with *the* -blackhole or -reject flag.
> > or
> > 	marked with -blackhole or -reject.
> > 
> > jmc
> > 
> 
> -- 
> :wq Claudio
> 

right, meaning that an interface can have blackhole or reject set on a
route, and still have a usable default route marked "egress".

i.e. the diff is not correct?

jmc