On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 04:18:05PM +0100, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote: > We don't have to recreate whole GNU in GRUB either, we don't write > an OS but a bootloader. In particular having -xfoo for isn't > necessarry and moreover it will conflict with > search -su <UUID>
So a 'short' option that looks like a 'long' option? Or is that -s and -u together? Options can get confusing at times? > which is already used in the wild. > The case of --long-option optional argument can be changed > especially taking into account migration from 1.98 but -xfoo is > probably out of the question. I don't see how -xfoo where foo is a parameter for -x can work if you support multiple short options being merged (which seems common in GNU programs). -- Len Sorensen _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel