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ipsec: slight inconsistency



[Still inetd(8) related.]

I'm rewriting the inetd/ipsec code since some acrobatics are not really
needed but when wanting to use directly ipsec_set_policy(3) and
ipsec_dump_policy(3), there is a slight inconsistency.

The two functions are said "inverse" from each other but the problem is
that if one gives a delimiter to ipsec_dump_policy(3) that is neither
a blank nor a new line, the string obtained can not be an input
to ipsec_set_policy(3). So there are not really inverse from each other.

Wouldn't it be more logical whether to have no delimiter to
ipsec_dump_policy(3) (defaulting to '\n' for separating the elementary
statements) or to allow a delimiter to ipsec_set_policy(3) when parsing
the policy passed?
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