better error message with target problems
diff --git a/ebtables.c b/ebtables.c
index 968c5e7..520d9cf 100644
--- a/ebtables.c
+++ b/ebtables.c
@@ -1073,8 +1073,14 @@
if (w->parse(c - w->option_offset, argv, argc, new_entry, &w->flags, &w->w))
break;
- if (w == NULL)
- ebt_print_error2("Unknown argument: '%s', %c, '%c'", argv[optind - 1], (char)optopt, (char)c);
+ if (w == NULL && c == '?')
+ ebt_print_error2("Unknown argument: '%s'", argv[optind - 1], (char)optopt, (char)c);
+ else if (w == NULL) {
+ if (!strcmp(t->name, "standard"))
+ ebt_print_error2("Unknown argument: don't forget the -t option");
+ else
+ ebt_print_error2("Target-specific option does not correspond with specified target");
+ }
if (ebt_errormsg[0] != '\0')
return -1;
if (w->used == 0) {