From 2e21fc179056be8fa45b9d87b59ae37fa4eb44fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Otto Moerbeek <otto.moerbeek@open-xchange.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:30:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] rec_control: test for "--version" before requiring an
 argument.

Fixes #11864
---
 pdns/rec_control.cc | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pdns/rec_control.cc b/pdns/rec_control.cc
index 862ba00c14..2c81aafbad 100644
--- a/pdns/rec_control.cc
+++ b/pdns/rec_control.cc
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ static void initArguments(int argc, char** argv)
   arg().setCmd("version", "Show the version of this program");
 
   arg().laxParse(argc, argv);
+  if (arg().mustDo("version")) {
+    cout << "rec_control version " << VERSION << endl;
+    exit(0);
+  }
   if (arg().mustDo("help") || arg().getCommands().empty()) {
     cout << "syntax: rec_control [options] command, options as below: " << endl
          << endl;
@@ -59,11 +63,6 @@ static void initArguments(int argc, char** argv)
     exit(arg().mustDo("help") ? 0 : 99);
   }
 
-  if (arg().mustDo("version")) {
-    cout << "rec_control version " << VERSION << endl;
-    exit(0);
-  }
-
   string configname = ::arg()["config-dir"] + "/recursor.conf";
   if (::arg()["config-name"] != "")
     configname = ::arg()["config-dir"] + "/recursor-" + ::arg()["config-name"] + ".conf";
-- 
2.47.2