Hello, On Sun, 12 Jan 2025, Jeremy Sowden wrote: > If `-6` is used without `-f`, the usage error message is "-6 used before -f", > which can be misconstrued as warning that both options were used but in the > wrong order. > > Change the option-parsing to allow `-6` to appear before `-f` and the error- > message in the case that `-6` was used without `-f`. > > Link: http://bugs.debian.org/610596 > Signed-off-by: Jeremy Sowden <azazel@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > ipvsadm.c | 17 ++++++++++------- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/ipvsadm.c b/ipvsadm.c > index 42f31a20e596..889128017bd1 100644 > --- a/ipvsadm.c > +++ b/ipvsadm.c > @@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ static int > parse_options(int argc, char **argv, struct ipvs_command_entry *ce, > unsigned long long *options, unsigned int *format) > { > - int c, parse; > + int c, parse, ipv6 = 0; > poptContext context; > char *optarg = NULL, sched_flags_arg[128]; > struct poptOption options_table[] = { > @@ -829,12 +829,7 @@ parse_options(int argc, char **argv, struct ipvs_command_entry *ce, > *format |= FMT_EXACT; > break; > case '6': > - if (ce->svc.fwmark) { > - ce->svc.af = AF_INET6; > - ce->svc.netmask = 128; > - } else { > - fail(2, "-6 used before -f\n"); > - } > + ipv6 = 1; > break; > case 'o': > set_option(options, OPTC_ONEPACKET); > @@ -935,6 +930,14 @@ parse_options(int argc, char **argv, struct ipvs_command_entry *ce, > return -1; > } > > + if (ipv6) { > + if (ce->svc.fwmark) { > + ce->svc.af = AF_INET6; As ce->svc.af is set later after all options are processed, the -M option will always see AF_INET in ce->svc.af ... > + ce->svc.netmask = 128; Now we override the value from -M, so we can not do this here. > + } else > + fail(2, "-6 used without -f\n"); > + } > + > if (ce->cmd == CMD_TIMEOUT) { > char *optarg1, *optarg2; > > -- > 2.45.2 Regards -- Julian Anastasov <ja@xxxxxx>