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          <th>Bug ID</th>
          <td><a class="bz_bug_link 
          bz_status_NEW "
   title="NEW - chain priority cannot be set by a defined variable"
   href="https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1172">1172</a>
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          <th>Summary</th>
          <td>chain priority cannot be set by a defined variable
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          <th>Product</th>
          <td>nftables
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          <th>Version</th>
          <td>unspecified
          </td>
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          <th>Hardware</th>
          <td>All
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          <th>OS</th>
          <td>All
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          <th>Status</th>
          <td>NEW
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          <th>Severity</th>
          <td>major
          </td>
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          <th>Priority</th>
          <td>P5
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          <th>Component</th>
          <td>nft
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          <th>Assignee</th>
          <td>pablo@netfilter.org
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          <th>Reporter</th>
          <td>netfilter@allycomm.com
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        <pre>To Replicate:

* Create an nft file that contains

define PRI_FILTER    =     0
table inet global {
    chain prerouting {
        type filter hook prerouting priority $PRI_FILTER
        policy drop
}

* "execute" using nft -f <that_file>

Observed Behavior:

tmp:4:46-46: Error: syntax error, unexpected '$', expecting - or number
        type filter hook prerouting priority $PRI_FILTER
                                             ^

Expected Behavior:

priority would be 0


Impact:

For multi-part rule sets, being able to centrally manage the order of execution
is critical for ensuring robustness and correctness. Needing to manage a set of
priorities across not only multiple chains, but also multiple files is error
prone.</pre>
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