[MDEV-22982] Client --help options break when configuration files contain unknown options Created: 2020-06-23 Updated: 2023-04-27 |
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| Status: | Open |
| Project: | MariaDB Server |
| Component/s: | Scripts & Clients |
| Affects Version/s: | 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5 |
| Fix Version/s: | 10.4, 10.5 |
| Type: | Bug | Priority: | Major |
| Reporter: | Geoff Montee (Inactive) | Assignee: | Oleksandr Byelkin |
| Resolution: | Unresolved | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
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| Description |
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If a configuration file contains unknown options, and if you run a client with the --help option, then it will fail. For example:
It seems like overkill to make --help fail in this scenario. I think --help should always succeed. |