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everywhere, anytime, just for fun...  first of many :(

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Mostly merge from master plus a few more that were still in the
stable/15.7 code base.

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https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_server.php#L1175
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_server.php#L1178 bis 1182
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_export_shared.php#L175
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_export_shared.php#L191
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_export_shared.php#L206
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_export_shared.php#L210
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_export_shared.php#L214
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_export.php#L340
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_export.php#L369
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_export.php#L373
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_export.php#L387
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_export.php#L402
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_export.php#L406
https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/master/src/www/vpn_openvpn_export.php#L410
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(captiveportal, new) change rc script to use cp instead of rsync (which is not installed by default) and change file ownership to chroot user

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Revert "(legacy) remove caching of filter interfaces, likely suspect of https://github.com/opnsense/core/issues/451"

This reverts commit 2f863fa9.

This reverts commit 8ee0c0a2.

Revert "(legacy) kill "interface cache", let's not try to cache things that may change during the session... all for saving a ifconfig call."

This reverts commit 4c48ab5d.

This reverts commit bc6bbc40.

This reverts commit 47aaef9d.

This reverts commit 5474af27.

This reverts commit d4f27bc4.

This reverts commit 7b1f2d92.