[Ferm] How to do things without global variables

[Kiss Gabor (Bitman)]

> > 1. How these files are related each to other and to ferm.conf?
> 
> They are all in a ferm.conf.d, and ferm.conf has
> @include 'ferm.conf.d/';

According to manual this is insufficient.

> Sorry for not mentioning that.
> 
> > 2. Man page writes:
> > Include files are special - variables declared in an included file are
> > still available in the calling block. This is useful when you include a
> > file which only declares variables.
> 
> I have read that, but that doesn't seem to be true here.

File globalvars should be included inside every block you want
to use its defines.

I use a ferm.conf like this:

domain ip {
        @def $is_ipv4 = 1;

        table filter {
                @include 'valid_check.ferm';
                @include 'internal2world.ferm';
                @include 'dmz.ferm';
                @include 'world2internal.ferm';
                @include 'monitor.ferm';
	...
	}
}
domain ip6 {
        @def $is_ipv6 = 1;

        table filter {
                @include 'valid_check.ferm';
                @include 'internal2world.ferm';
                @include 'world2internal.ferm';
                @include 'monitor.ferm';
	...
	}
}

Gabor