Changes in iptables-legacy

Hi,

I'm still using iptables; my scripts work well... call me lazy.  I didn't 
expect behavior changes.  Instead, when I upgraded to the last Devuan release, 
equivalent to Debian Trixie, I got iptables v1.8.11 (legacy).

One of the scripts had a daily call like so:

     iptables -L -Z -vnx

The new version resulted in an error:

     iptables v1.8.11 (legacy): Illegal option `--numeric' with this command
     Try `iptables -h' or 'iptables --help' for more information.

Is this a Debian quirk or is it found in the official source?

By simply removing -Z, the above command works and its output is properly 
digested by my legacy Perl code.  However, I'd be curious to know why this 
change was made.  I hope it's not a subtle way to push people to migrate...


Best
Ale
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