[netfilter-cvslog] r4549 - trunk/iptables

[laforge at netfilter.org]

Author: laforge at netfilter.org
Date: 2005-11-22 23:22:28 +0100 (Tue, 22 Nov 2005)
New Revision: 4549

Modified:
   trunk/iptables/iptables.8.in
Log:
note that we can only delete chains that are empty


Modified: trunk/iptables/iptables.8.in
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--- trunk/iptables/iptables.8.in	2005-11-22 17:29:07 UTC (rev 4548)
+++ trunk/iptables/iptables.8.in	2005-11-22 22:22:28 UTC (rev 4549)
@@ -222,9 +222,10 @@
 .TP
 .BR "-X, --delete-chain " "[\fIchain\fP]"
 Delete the optional user-defined chain specified.  There must be no references
-to the chain.  If there are, you must delete or replace the referring
-rules before the chain can be deleted.  If no argument is given, it
-will attempt to delete every non-builtin chain in the table.
+to the chain.  If there are, you must delete or replace the referring rules
+before the chain can be deleted.  The chain must be empty, i.e. not contain
+any rules.  If no argument is given, it will attempt to delete every
+non-builtin chain in the table.
 .TP
 .BI "-P, --policy " "chain target"
 Set the policy for the chain to the given target.  See the section