Bug 533756 – sys-libs/musl - fix the handling of '!' and other non arguments in getopt

• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Veovis 2014-12-28 10:13:37 UTC]

musl-1.1.5 does not support non-option arguments like '!'.
This behaviour prevents iptables from working correctly with the negate operator, which is '!'

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try adding this iptables rule: iptables --append INPUT -p icmp -m icmp ! --icmp-type redirect -m comment --comment 'accept all icmp except redirects' -j ACCEPT
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Actual Results:  
The rule is not added. iptables display a message saying --icmp-type must be used (because of -m icmp).

Expected Results:  
The rule should work. The same rule without the exclamation mark is successfully added, but it's not the same rule.

The bug has already been fixed in upstream: http://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/commit/?id=b72cd07f176b876aa51864d93aa8101477b1d732

[Comment 1 Veovis 2014-12-28 10:14:43 UTC]

Created attachment 392550 [details, diff]
add support for non-option arguments extension to getopt

[Comment 2 Anthony Basile 2014-12-29 13:57:34 UTC]

(In reply to Veovis from comment #1)
> Created attachment 392550 [details, diff] [details, diff]
> add support for non-option arguments extension to getopt

I'm waiting for the next release.  I'll ping dalias upstream.

[Comment 3 Anthony Basile 2014-12-30 13:27:39 UTC]

Upstreams says there will be a release soon.  musl is still undergoing rapid development so backporting doesn't make sense.