Both referencer and referencee must be TLVs

diff --git a/src/lib/util/dict.c b/src/lib/util/dict.c
index ac3a20472d7ffea8a36c834ff8cf3dc283218704..593198f97aa92d2e3fe4fff2eae1089943a54777 100644 (file)
--- a/src/lib/util/dict.c
+++ b/src/lib/util/dict.c
@@ -1653,7 +1653,17 @@ static int dict_attr_ref_add(fr_dict_t *dict, fr_dict_attr_t const *parent,
         *      or a TLV attribute.
         */
        if (!ref->flags.is_root && (ref->type != FR_TYPE_TLV)) {
-               fr_strerror_printf("Referenced attribute \"%s\" is not a TLV", ref->name);
+               fr_strerror_printf("Referenced attribute \"%s\" is a '%s' not a 'tlv'", ref->name,
+                                  fr_int2str(dict_attr_types, ref->type, "<INVALID>"));
+               return -1;
+       }
+
+       /*
+        *      Reference must go from a TLV to a TLV
+        */
+       if (type != FR_TYPE_TLV) {
+               fr_strerror_printf("Reference attribute must be of type TLV, not type '%s'",
+                                  fr_int2str(dict_attr_types, type, "<INVALID>"));
                return -1;
        }