On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Zdenek Styblik <zdenek.styb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Ales Ledvinka <aledv...@redhat.com> wrote: > [...] >> >> Sure. For the specific corner cases that I overlooked. Unlikely >> to be used by anyone. Rather then dropping the compatibility >> for almost anyone by reworking and failing on invalid argument >> combinations - your proposal. >> > > Automation is not a corner case. But yes. And software develops, > evolves, things do change. > > [...] >> For the -a -f filename example it is: >> Same variable. >> Interactive input was dropped. Now not asked for at all. >> Last occurred option used as before. >> > > Oh, you finally got it? > >> >> Claims to be annoyance removal. Since we do not share the same idea >> of the bug in the option parsing there is no common resolution of what >> can be proper fix. >> > > That's right. And I actually gave it an extra thought and I think this > is not something that needs and has to be fixed. Because you're not > going to police all arguments, which were passed once or N times, in > which order, are you? So what makes '-a' and '-Y' special? Nothing. > It's just a mere deficiency of getopt() or perhaps it's misuse or > perhaps just a lack of thought in ipmitool's design. Only shadow > knows. > Please, close the ticket as ``Won't fix'' since this is not something > that needs fixing. > > Thanks! > Z.
I forgot to add; if user puts multiple '-a' or '-Y' on the line and doesn't mind to be asked N times about password or key, then he sure knows what he's doing. Let's not think of user as an some kind of ... errr ... idiot(hopefully not an offensive expression, because none was meant). Z. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master SQL Server Development, Administration, T-SQL, SSAS, SSIS, SSRS and more. Get SQL Server skills now (including 2012) with LearnDevNow - 200+ hours of step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only - learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122512 _______________________________________________ Ipmitool-devel mailing list Ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ipmitool-devel
