> The man page for pf.conf says at some point: > > "Any lines beginning with a # are treated as comments and ignored."
Yes, pf.conf(5) says that about the table files. About the main pf.conf(5) file itself, it says: Comments can be put anywhere in the file using a hash mark (`#'), and ex- tend to the end of the current line. > Now, if a comment line ends with "\", should the next line > be also treated as comment? I noticed this behaviour and I do > not know whether or not it should work like that. Well, because you used \ to end the line, that # is not at the start of a line. It is in the middle of a split line. And the previously described behaviour therefore hapens. > Many times, when we are trying to test a different setup, we > duplicate a line, change something, and comment out the > original line. Well, the result is predictable.