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# sk149052 - Syntax errors in the .pf file when installing policy

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk149052 |
| Date Created | 2019-11-11 |
| Last Modified | 2019-11-13 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Management Server |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, R82.20 |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * Policy installation fails with

  ```
  
  /opt/CPmds-R77/customers/customername/CPR76CMP-R77/conf/policyname.pf, 
  line XXXX: ERROR: syntax error
  ```

* Going to those lines in the .pf file, you will see empty `IPV4_MATCH` like below

  ```
  
  IPV4_MATCH, (),
  IPV4_MATCH, (), ALLOW_TEMPLATE_ACCELERATION
  ```

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