netfilter buglog - Oct 2013 - [Bug 864] New: Verbose output options rejected when modifying chains

https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/show_bug.cgi?id=864

           Summary: Verbose output options rejected when modifying chains
           Product: iptables
           Version: 1.4.x
          Platform: arm
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P5
         Component: iptables
        AssignedTo: netfilter-buglog at lists.netfilter.org
        ReportedBy: eric.bock.1980 at gmail.com
   Estimated Hours: 1.0


The options -n, -x, and --line-numbers produce an error of the following form
when not listing chains, despite having no effect:

iptables v1.4.10: Illegal option `-0' with this command

When using -v, one might want to know the index of an appended rule.  This
error also prevents one from listing chains in expanded formats and then
immediately modifying them by replacing the -L from the shell history.

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Eric Bock <eric.bock.1980 at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Eric Bock <eric.bock.1980 at gmail.com> 2013-10-19
23:14:23 CEST ---
This also means the shell alias 'iptables -vnx --line' doesn't help
at all;
obtaining the same output format for every operation requires at least parsing
the command line separately and piping through sed.

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--- Comment #2 from Phil Oester <netfilter at linuxace.com> 2013-10-21
22:38:33 CEST ---
*** Bug 865 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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Phil Oester <netfilter at linuxace.com> changed:

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--- Comment #3 from Phil Oester <netfilter at linuxace.com> 2013-10-21
22:39:16 CEST ---
Issue confirmed with latest iptables.

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Phil Oester <netfilter at linuxace.com> changed:

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             Status|ASSIGNED                    |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX
    Remaining Hours|1.0                         |0.0

--- Comment #4 from Phil Oester <netfilter at linuxace.com> 2013-10-31
21:21:46 CET ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> Issue confirmed with latest iptables.
I should have said _behavior_ confirmed with latest iptables.  

It makes absolutely no sense to use -n -x or --line with commands like -A -N or
-S.  That is why they are prohibited.  Check the "commands_v_options"
function
in iptables.c to see which options are valid with which commands.  

Closing.

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