From eab72ef6d7044ac7d638d0ab071570d2618db3aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Hansen <rhansen@rhansen.org>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 02:41:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Require a defined value if the variable is required

---
 ddclient.in | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index 5e08e3a..3cd9a0c 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -2562,6 +2562,10 @@ sub check_value {
 
     if (!defined $value && !$required) {
         ;
+    } elsif (!defined($value) && $required) {
+        # None of the types have 'undef' as a valid value, so check definedness once here for
+        # convenience.
+        die("$type is required\n");
 
     } elsif ($type eq T_DELAY) {
         $value = interval($value);