First of all, this error message should not appear on stdout, otherwise it may end in dump files. Next, with completely empty ruleset, even valid table names cause errors. To avoid this, continue operation if the not found table is a builtin one.
Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <[email protected]> --- iptables/xtables-save.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/iptables/xtables-save.c b/iptables/xtables-save.c index 414a864b6196b..87ebb913f33b7 100644 --- a/iptables/xtables-save.c +++ b/iptables/xtables-save.c @@ -105,8 +105,9 @@ do_output(struct nft_handle *h, const char *tablename, bool counters) return !!ret; } - if (!nft_table_find(h, tablename)) { - printf("Table `%s' does not exist\n", tablename); + if (!nft_table_find(h, tablename) && + !nft_table_builtin_find(h, tablename)) { + fprintf(stderr, "Table `%s' does not exist\n", tablename); return 1; } -- 2.20.1
