From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ganesha.gnumonks.org (ganesha.gnumonks.org [213.95.27.120]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 781EE45003 for ; Tue, 3 Sep 2024 08:22:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=213.95.27.120 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1725351749; cv=none; b=LRGKmuTS9hR9NFUHjOXCDGAW/cPfjWSFjluzyP7zPGG0z5kbUfxWNg0BGVad6i6vdWPJBk4D7PxndhBdO+aXfkv/cWS8CZgTwnxNsMF8pwLH5goza/IKOA7cptMW2BZJHiCskr5i2+UDYNUc7G5vVdb0kL5GrUk+fS1XnCTQ7CQ= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1725351749; c=relaxed/simple; bh=FA5q3DAhJPQrgnou6zN0D5ncg5yPK/3i5xC7YjQq+DM=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=M6Nasrlo1esjq32XrboZl1bOS4/AWY/xPb2TMkTNdZSuPwdN4CULXoq7/qHsvXqj10HO9l+IYFZv2NcapBdqGCvHDj/8cg4kR0xI4P4WrDep3RiQMxWHKT67yHFcgBP70ymN8Kw0LXrHS5j9VaVOk0dqu3LChyYg95FqE59kWRI= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=netfilter.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gnumonks.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=213.95.27.120 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=netfilter.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gnumonks.org Received: from [78.30.37.63] (port=43636 helo=gnumonks.org) by ganesha.gnumonks.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1slOni-00ADWx-Gh; Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:22:12 +0200 Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 10:22:09 +0200 From: Pablo Neira Ayuso To: Ahelenia =?utf-8?Q?Ziemia=C5=84ska?= Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] conntrack: -L doesn't take a value, so don't discard one (same for -IUDGEFA) Message-ID: References: Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 04:16:21AM +0200, Ahelenia Ziemiańska wrote: > The manual says > COMMANDS > These options specify the particular operation to perform. > Only one of them can be specified at any given time. > > -L --dump > List connection tracking or expectation table > > So, naturally, "conntrack -Lo extended" should work, > but it doesn't, it's equivalent to "conntrack -L", > and you need "conntrack -L -o extended". > This violates user expectations (borne of the Utility Syntax Guidelines) > and contradicts the manual. > > optarg is unused, anyway. Unclear why any of these were :: at all? Because this supports: -L -L conntrack -L expect