Bug 1034049

Summary: ip -6 addrlabel return incorrect error message
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Hangbin Liu <haliu>
Component: iprouteAssignee: Pavel Šimerda (pavlix) <psimerda>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Jaroslav Aster <jaster>
Severity: low Docs Contact:
Priority: unspecified    
Version: 6.6CC: jaster, ksrot, thozza
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: Patch
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: iproute-2.6.32-35.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, the "ip -6 addrlabel" command returned an incorrect error message that contained "inet" instead of "inet6". To fix this bug, the error message has been changed to include "inet" for IPv4 addresses and "inet6" for IPv6 addresses.
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: 1100271 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-07-22 06:40:34 UTC Type: Bug
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Display the correct inet/inet6 string none

Description Hangbin Liu 2013-11-25 07:46:44 UTC 
Description of problem:
ip -6 addrlabel return incorrect error message

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
1. ip -6  addrlabel add prefix 1.1.1.1/24 label 123
2.
3.

Actual results:
Error: an inet prefix is expected rather than "1.1.1.1/24".


Expected results:
Error: an inet6 prefix is expected rather than "1.1.1.1/24".

Additional info:
Comment 2 Petr Šabata 2013-11-25 08:46:58 UTC 
Created attachment 828568 [details]
Display the correct inet/inet6 string
Comment 3 Hangbin Liu 2013-11-26 01:34:03 UTC 
How about correct the address message at the same time

diff --git a/lib/utils.c b/lib/utils.c
index 4e9c719..eb92414 100644
--- a/lib/utils.c
+++ b/lib/utils.c
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ int get_addr(inet_prefix *dst, const char *arg, int family)
                exit(1);
        }
        if (get_addr_1(dst, arg, family)) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "Error: an inet address is expected rather than \"%s\".\n", arg);
+               fprintf(stderr, "Error: an %s address is expected rather than \"%s\".\n", (family == AF_INET6 ? "inet6" : "inet") ,arg);
                exit(1);
        }
        return 0;
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ int get_prefix(inet_prefix *dst, char *arg, int family)
                exit(1);
        }
        if (get_prefix_1(dst, arg, family)) {
-               fprintf(stderr, "Error: an inet prefix is expected rather than \"%s\".\n", arg);
+               fprintf(stderr, "Error: an %s prefix is expected rather than \"%s\".\n", (family == AF_INET6 ? "inet6" : "inet") ,arg);
                exit(1);
        }
        return 0;
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2015-07-22 06:40:34 UTC 
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-1331.html