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Stanislav Kozlovski commented on KAFKA-8406: -------------------------------------------- [~savulchik] are you sure? Can you try the exact same commands I listed in the description? I just tested this in 2.5 and it is still an issue > kafka-topics throws wrong error on invalid configuration with > bootstrap-server and alter config > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-8406 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-8406 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Improvement > Reporter: Stanislav Kozlovski > Assignee: Stanislav Kozlovski > Priority: Minor > > Running > {code:java} > ./kafka-topics --bootstrap-server <server> --alter --config > retention.ms=3600000 --topic topic{code} > Results in > {code:java} > Missing required argument "[partitions]"{code} > Running > {code:java} > ./kafka-topics --bootstrap-server <server> --alter --config > retention.ms=3600000 --topic topic --partitions 25{code} > Results in > {code:java} > Option combination "[bootstrap-server],[config]" can't be used with option > "[alter]"{code} > For better clarity, we should just throw the last error outright. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v8.3.4#803005)