From 460a7f9615ebf4ca891a6626d158b71732e52e31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Leblond <el@stamus-networks.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:09:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] conf: better handling of set

In the case of --set=foo.0=bar, the 0 was not creating a sequence
if ever the sequence is not existing.

Ticket: 8606
---
 src/conf.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/conf.c b/src/conf.c
index 605837c564..747e1f48f4 100644
--- a/src/conf.c
+++ b/src/conf.c
@@ -97,6 +97,18 @@ SCConfNode *SCConfNodeGetNodeOrCreate(SCConfNode *parent, const char *name, int
             node->parent = parent;
             node->final = final;
             TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&parent->head, node, next);
+
+            /* Numeric-only key implies the parent is a sequence (yaml
+             * "- foo" produces the same shape). This lets --set style
+             * overrides populate list-typed config nodes. */
+            if (parent != NULL) {
+                const char *p = key;
+                while (*p != '\0' && isdigit((unsigned char)*p))
+                    p++;
+                if (*p == '\0' && p != key) {
+                    parent->is_seq = 1;
+                }
+            }
         }
         key = next;
         parent = node;