On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 1:07 PM,  <dick.detwei...@emerson.com> wrote:
> OK - will let you know what we find.
>
> Thanks Z,
>
> Richard Detweiler |  T 256-261-6550
>

Hello Richard,

any progress on this one?

Thanks,
Z.

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zdenek Styblik [mailto:zdenek.styb...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 7:07 AM
> To: Detweiler, Dick [NETPWR/AVOCENT/AL]
> Cc: ipmitool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [ ipmitool-Bugs-3571570 ] delloem exec file won't handle more 
> than one command
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Zdenek Styblik <zdenek.styb...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 12:35 PM,  <dick.detwei...@emerson.com> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>
>> Hello Dick,
>>
>>> Styblik indicates via a comment yesterday that the patches I submitted last 
>>> September for this issue will not be added to ipmitool saying " I'm afraid 
>>> fix will be, well, complicated."
>>>
>>
>> yep, that's what I said. However, I didn't say issue won't be fixed.
>>
>>> I believe the patches I sent were a complete fix. We have been using them 
>>> since September without issue.
>>
>> Despite your patch does fix issue in question, there is no need to
>> "fix", or modify in any other way, 'src/ipmishell.c', because it isn't
>> broken. But 'lib/ipmi_delloem.c' apparently is.
>>
>>> We would much rather use ipmitool without patches rather than keep patches 
>>> around that fix generic issues like this.
>>
>> If other modules were affected, that would be a generic issue. But it
>> seems to me they're not. So I would say it's a 'lib/ipmi_delloem.c'
>> issue.
>>
>>> What else is required to get these changes into ipmitool?
>>
>> Re-write 'lib/ipmi_delloem.c' a bit, resp. change the way it handles 
>> argc/argv.
>>
>
> You know what? If you have time and willing to try something out, try to 
> change following in 'lib/ipmi_delloem.c':
> ~~~
> -static int current_arg = 0;
> +int current_arg = 0;
> ~~~
>
> And see whether it doesn't break normal operation of 'lib/ipmi_delloem.c' and 
> whether it fixes your/reported issue as well.
> That's the quickest/easiest fix that comes, resp. I had for some time, in my 
> mind. I obviously haven't tried it, but I would (eventually).
>
> Z.
>
>> Best regards,
>> Z.
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Dick Detweiler
>>>

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