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-rw-r--r--options/m_config.c5
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diff --git a/options/m_config.c b/options/m_config.c
index d1bb72c13b..4912b21cf6 100644
--- a/options/m_config.c
+++ b/options/m_config.c
@@ -626,6 +626,11 @@ static int m_config_parse_option(struct m_config *config, struct bstr name,
// Option with children are a bit different to parse
if (co->opt->type->flags & M_OPT_TYPE_HAS_CHILD) {
char prefix[110];
+ if (!config->subopt_deprecation_warning) {
+ MP_WARN(config, "Suboptions (--%.*s=...) are deprecated. Use "
+ "flat options instead.\n", BSTR_P(name));
+ config->subopt_deprecation_warning = true;
+ }
assert(strlen(co->name) < 100);
sprintf(prefix, "%s-", co->name);
return parse_subopts(config, (char *)co->name, prefix, param, flags);