[ovs-discuss] [openvswitch 2.9.90] Unable to use literal in nested output of learn action

[Ben Pfaff]

On Fri, Apr 06, 2018 at 04:18:31PM -0400, Flavio Fernandes wrote:
> Dear OVS Gurus:
> 
> I came across something simple and silly, which is making me think it is actually a bug.
> 
> In a nutshell, I'm trying to use a literal with the action output nested in a learn().
> If I use a fancier (and more common) notation:
> 
>    output:NXM_OF_IN_PORT[]
> 
> that works fine. However, if I try to use a literal such as:
> 
>    output:2
> 
> I get:
> 
>    ovs-ofctl: 2: unknown field `2'

The learn action simply can't do that.  (I think that the ovs-ofctl
manpage does not suggest that it can.)