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+# This is used to validate the address/port parser using "haproxy -c -f $file".
+# Some errors will be returned, they are expected to match the documented ones.
+
+frontend f1
+	 log 127.0.0.1 local0
+	 log 127.0.0.1:10000 local0
+	 log 127.0.0.1:10001-10010 local0    # port range not permitted here in '127.0.0.1:10001-10010'
+	 log 127.0.0.1:+10011 local0         # port offset not permitted here in ':::+10011'
+	 log 127.0.0.1:-10012 local0         # port offset not permitted here in ':::-10012'
+
+	 bind :                              # missing port specification in ':'
+	 bind :11001
+	 bind :::11002
+	 bind :::11003-11010
+	 bind :::+11011                      # port offset not permitted here in ':::+11011'
+	 bind :::-11012                      # port offset not permitted here in ':::-11012'
+
+frontend f2
+	 bind :::0                           # invalid port '0'
+	 bind :::0-11                        # invalid port '0'
+	 bind :::65016-                      # invalid port ''
+	 bind :::65016-1024                  # invalid port range '65016-1024'
+	 bind :::65016--1024                 # invalid port '-1024'
+	 bind :::66016-1024                  # invalid port '66016'
+
+backend b2
+	 source :12001
+	 source :::12002
+	 source :::12003-12010               # port range not permitted here in '127.0.0.1:12003-12010'
+	 source :::+12011                    # port offset not permitted here in ':::+12011'
+	 source :::-12012                    # port offset not permitted here in ':::-12012'
+
+backend b3
+	 server s1 :
+	 server s2 localhost:13001
+	 server s3 :13002
+	 server s4 :+13003
+	 server s5 :-13004
+	 server s6 :13005-13010              # port range not permitted here in ':13005-13010'
+
+backend b4
+	 server s1 : addr 0.0.0.1:14001      # addr: port specification not permitted here
+
+backend b5
+	 server s1 : source localhost:15000
+	 server s1 : source 0.0.0.1:15001
+	 server s2 : source 0.0.0.1:+15002   # port offset not permitted here in '0.0.0.1:+15002'
+	 server s3 : source 0.0.0.1:-15003   # port offset not permitted here in '0.0.0.1:-15003'
+	 server s4 : source 0.0.0.1:15004-15010
+
+backend b6
+	 server s1 : source 0.0.0.0 usesrc localhost:16000
+	 server s1 : source 0.0.0.0 usesrc 0.0.0.1:16001
+	 server s2 : source 0.0.0.0 usesrc 0.0.0.1:+16002      # port offset not permitted here in '0.0.0.1:+16002'
+	 server s3 : source 0.0.0.0 usesrc 0.0.0.1:-16003      # port offset not permitted here in '0.0.0.1:-16003'
+	 server s4 : source 0.0.0.0 usesrc 0.0.0.1:16004-16010 # port range not permitted here in '0.0.0.1:16004-16010'
+
+backend b7
+	 server s1 : socks4 0.0.0.1              # missing port specification in '0.0.0.1'
+	 server s2 : socks4 localhost:18000
+	 server s2 : socks4 0.0.0.1:18001
+	 server s3 : socks4 0.0.0.1:+18002       # port offset not permitted here in '0.0.0.1:+18002'
+	 server s4 : socks4 0.0.0.1:-18003       # port offset not permitted here in '0.0.0.1:-18003'
+	 server s5 : socks4 0.0.0.1:18004-18010  # port range not permitted here in '0.0.0.1:18004-18010'
+
+backend b8
+	 tcp-check connect addr 0.0.0.1
+	 tcp-check connect addr 0.0.0.1:
+	 tcp-check connect addr localhost:19000
+	 tcp-check connect addr 0.0.0.1:19001
+	 tcp-check connect addr 0.0.0.1:+19002       # port offset not permitted here in '0.0.0.1:+19002'
+	 tcp-check connect addr 0.0.0.1:-19003       # port offset not permitted here in '0.0.0.1:-19003'
+	 tcp-check connect addr 0.0.0.1:19004-19005  # port range not permitted here in '0.0.0.1:19004-19010'