Ignore unknown config file options for now

3 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/bitcoind.cpp b/src/bitcoind.cpp
index 5c711c0773..4d010c0d14 100644
--- a/src/bitcoind.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoind.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
             fprintf(stderr, "Error: Specified data directory \"%s\" does not exist.\n", gArgs.GetArg("-datadir", "").c_str());
             return false;
         }
-        if (!gArgs.ReadConfigFiles(error)) {
+        if (!gArgs.ReadConfigFiles(error, true)) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Error reading configuration file: %s\n", error.c_str());
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/src/interfaces/node.cpp b/src/interfaces/node.cpp
index db371d104e..106dd38f60 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/node.cpp
+++ b/src/interfaces/node.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class NodeImpl : public Node
     {
         return gArgs.ParseParameters(argc, argv, error);
     }
-    bool readConfigFiles(std::string& error) override { return gArgs.ReadConfigFiles(error); }
+    bool readConfigFiles(std::string& error) override { return gArgs.ReadConfigFiles(error, true); }
     bool softSetArg(const std::string& arg, const std::string& value) override { return gArgs.SoftSetArg(arg, value); }
     bool softSetBoolArg(const std::string& arg, bool value) override { return gArgs.SoftSetBoolArg(arg, value); }
     void selectParams(const std::string& network) override { SelectParams(network); }
diff --git a/test/functional/feature_includeconf.py b/test/functional/feature_includeconf.py
index 9a7a0ca103..d06f6826f0 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_includeconf.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_includeconf.py
@@ -55,9 +55,11 @@ class IncludeConfTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
         self.stop_node(0, expected_stderr="warning: -includeconf cannot be used from included files; ignoring -includeconf=relative2.conf")
 
         self.log.info("-includeconf cannot contain invalid arg")
-        with open(os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, "node0", "relative.conf"), "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
-            f.write("foo=bar\n")
-        self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(expected_msg="Error reading configuration file: Invalid configuration value foo")
+
+        # Commented out as long as we ignore invalid arguments in configuration files
+        #with open(os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, "node0", "relative.conf"), "w", encoding="utf8") as f:
+        #    f.write("foo=bar\n")
+        #self.nodes[0].assert_start_raises_init_error(expected_msg="Error reading configuration file: Invalid configuration value foo")
 
         self.log.info("-includeconf cannot be invalid path")
         os.remove(os.path.join(self.options.tmpdir, "node0", "relative.conf"))