From 89c84f9f0760a625d249efc1babf0f4746dd43e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Hansen <rhansen@rhansen.org>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 02:34:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore (with warning) unknown vars in `--options`

---
 ddclient.in | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 958b394..716682d 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -2002,6 +2002,11 @@ sub init_config {
         # TODO: This might grab an arbitrary protocol-specific variable, which could cause
         # surprising behavior.
         my $def = $variables{'merged'}{$k};
+        if (!$def) {
+            warning("ignoring unknown setting '$k=$globals{$k}'");
+            delete($globals{$k});
+            next;
+        }
         # TODO: Isn't $globals{$k} guaranteed to be defined here?  Otherwise $k wouldn't appear in
         # %globals.
         my $ovalue = $globals{$k} // $def->{'default'};