[Openvpn-devel,v1] options: Remove some verbose error messages for options deprecated in 2.4
Commit Message
From: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.com>
It has been a long time since 2.3. So move this from the code
to the documentation.
Includes some minimal drive-by fixes.
Change-Id: I59995bf0fd6bc48a738a94e41141ed37d8d637ba
Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.com>
Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/1427
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This change was reviewed on Gerrit and approved by at least one
developer. I request to merge it to master.
Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/1427
This mail reflects revision 1 of this Change.
Acked-by according to Gerrit (reflected above):
Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Comments
Thanks for cleaning this up.
The Buildbots have one build fail, but that was a spurious t_client fail
("something mumble mumble network"). The rest is fine, so the actual
code change compiles everywhere - and it's straightforward enough.
Your patch has been applied to the master branch.
commit d4df0a3fbc59edda7b14ea505286d5801e315a4b
Author: Frank Lichtenheld
Date: Wed Dec 10 08:50:50 2025 +0100
options: Remove some verbose error messages for options deprecated in 2.4
Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.com>
Acked-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
Gerrit URL: https://gerrit.openvpn.net/c/openvpn/+/1427
Message-Id: <20251210075056.27185-1-gert@greenie.muc.de>
URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg34972.html
Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
--
kind regards,
Gert Doering
@@ -6,9 +6,16 @@
longer supported
--client-cert-not-required
- Removed in OpenVPN 2.5. This should be replaxed with
+ Removed in OpenVPN 2.5. This should be replaced with
``--verify-client-cert none``.
+--http-proxy-retry
+ Removed in OpenVPN 2.4. All retries are controlled by ``--max-connect-retry``.
+
+--http-proxy-timeout
+ Removed in OpenVPN 2.4. Connection timeout is controlled by
+ ``--connect-timeout``.
+
--ifconfig-pool-linear
Removed in OpenVPN 2.5. This should be replaced with ``--topology p2p``.
@@ -21,6 +28,9 @@
Removed in OpenVPN 2.6. The built-in packet filtering (pf) functionality
has been removed.
+--max-routes
+ Removed in OpenVPN 2.4. The limit was removed.
+
--ncp-disable
Removed in OpenVPN 2.6. This option mainly served a role as debug option
when NCP was first introduced. It should no longer be necessary.
@@ -50,6 +60,9 @@
Removed in OpenVPN 2.7. This option does not make sense anymore as option
strings may not match due to the introduction of parameters negotiation.
+--socks-proxy-retry
+ Removed in OpenVPN 2.4. All retries are controlled by ``--max-connect-retry``.
+
--windows-driver
Removed in OpenVPN 2.7. OpenVPN will always use ovpn-dco as the default
driver on Windows. It will fall back to tap-windows6 if options are used
@@ -6699,19 +6699,10 @@
ho->auth_file_up = p[1];
ho->inline_creds = is_inline;
}
- else if (streq(p[0], "http-proxy-retry") || streq(p[0], "socks-proxy-retry"))
+ else if (streq(p[0], "http-proxy-retry") || streq(p[0], "socks-proxy-retry") || streq(p[0], "http-proxy-timeout"))
{
VERIFY_PERMISSION(OPT_P_GENERAL | OPT_P_CONNECTION);
- msg(M_WARN, "DEPRECATED OPTION: http-proxy-retry and socks-proxy-retry: "
- "In OpenVPN 2.4 proxy connection retries are handled like regular connections. "
- "Use connect-retry-max 1 to get a similar behavior as before.");
- }
- else if (streq(p[0], "http-proxy-timeout") && p[1] && !p[2])
- {
- VERIFY_PERMISSION(OPT_P_GENERAL | OPT_P_CONNECTION);
- msg(M_WARN,
- "DEPRECATED OPTION: http-proxy-timeout: In OpenVPN 2.4 the timeout until a connection to a "
- "server is established is managed with a single timeout set by connect-timeout");
+ msg(M_WARN, "DEPRECATED OPTION: %s option ignored.", p[0]);
}
else if (streq(p[0], "http-proxy-option") && p[1] && !p[4])
{
@@ -6826,7 +6817,7 @@
else if (streq(p[0], "persist-key") && !p[1])
{
VERIFY_PERMISSION(OPT_P_PERSIST);
- msg(M_WARN, "DEPRECATED: --persist-key option ignored. "
+ msg(M_WARN, "DEPRECATED OPTION: --persist-key option ignored. "
"Keys are now always persisted across restarts. ");
}
else if (streq(p[0], "persist-local-ip") && !p[1])
@@ -6875,10 +6866,7 @@
}
else if (streq(p[0], "max-routes") && !p[2])
{
- msg(M_WARN, "DEPRECATED OPTION: --max-routes option ignored. "
- "The number of routes is unlimited as of OpenVPN 2.4. "
- "This option will be removed in a future version, "
- "please remove it from your configuration.");
+ msg(M_WARN, "DEPRECATED OPTION: --max-routes option ignored.");
}
else if (streq(p[0], "route-gateway") && p[1] && !p[2])
{