Fix flag.Parse error logging

cmd/minikube/main.go

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/pkg/profile"
+
+	// initflag must be imported before any other minikube pkg.
+	// Fix for https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/4866
+	_ "k8s.io/minikube/pkg/initflag"
+
 	"k8s.io/minikube/cmd/minikube/cmd"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/constants"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/machine"

pkg/initflag/initflag.go

+package initflag
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// Workaround for "ERROR: logging before flag.Parse"
+	// See: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/17162
+	flag.CommandLine.Parse([]string{})
+}