On Fri, Sep 04, 2015 at 05:49:34PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > > --- /usr/share/man/man5/pf.conf.5 Wed Mar 5 16:22:58 2014 > > > +++ var1/man5/pf.conf.5 Thu Sep 3 16:19:21 2015 > > > @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ A method for detecting a host's operating system. > > > Some example rulesets. > > > .El > > > .Pp > > > -The current line can be extended over multiple lines using a backslash > > > +The current line can be extended over multiple lines using a > > > backslash-newline > > > .Pq Sq \e . > > > Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark > > > .Pq Sq # , > > I would recommend: > > The current line can be extended over multiple lines using a backslash > > without trailing white space. > > > > I agree with later posts that nothing needs to be done to the parser. I > > have experienced the same error and wished it would give me the line > > number, but somehow I managed to find the mistake. > > The sh man page, for instance, does not mention the problem with spaces > either: > > A backslash in the input line causes the shell to prompt for further > input. > > Yet millions of people have gotten by with reading and writing shell > scripts. > > The same situation in for C. > > So maybe we should wait until the exact same "improvement proposals" > arrive for the shell, the C language, and all the other programs that > behave in the same way? > > Or the OP should admit they simply don't know unix. Yes, unix is > something you have to learn. There is not different from anything > else in life. I think it is pretty outrageous to suggest a few extra > words (term I use is "over-documentation") would have avoided this grief > in the first place. That is rewriting history; I am certain the OP > only is complaining after the fact. > > This is not OpenBSD folk being mean. Very few people learn to ride a > bicicle without a scrape or two. Stop whining, and get back on the > bike. > > The documentation is sufficient. > > Yep, and all I have in learning OpenBSD is scrapes and scratches, and bloody bruises.
But, it is the way to learn!, besides like mentioned earlier (estimate 99.99999+) of BSD users are already used to the parser, or the way it behaves in other nix process's. No change needed would be my 2 cents..... :)
