The documentation is wrong here: it is indeed possible to remove policy rule 0 and recreate it afterwards. Therefore remove these statements.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <p...@nwl.cc> --- doc/ip-cref.tex | 3 --- man/man8/ip-rule.8 | 2 -- 2 files changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/ip-cref.tex b/doc/ip-cref.tex index 67094c95b3681..242cc266b7acd 100644 --- a/doc/ip-cref.tex +++ b/doc/ip-cref.tex @@ -2049,9 +2049,6 @@ table \verb|local| (ID 255). The \verb|local| table is a special routing table containing high priority control routes for local and broadcast addresses. -Rule 0 is special. It cannot be deleted or overridden. - - \item Priority: 32766, Selector: match anything, Action: lookup routing table \verb|main| (ID 254). The \verb|main| table is the normal routing table containing all non-policy diff --git a/man/man8/ip-rule.8 b/man/man8/ip-rule.8 index e9fbb3cf1a62d..1774ae3ee1fbb 100644 --- a/man/man8/ip-rule.8 +++ b/man/man8/ip-rule.8 @@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ The .B local table is a special routing table containing high priority control routes for local and broadcast addresses. -.sp -Rule 0 is special. It cannot be deleted or overridden. .TP 2. -- 2.7.2