Bugs item #1927153, was opened at 2008-03-27 15:36 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by arjenderijke You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=482468&aid=1927153&group_id=56967
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Mapi Group: MonetDB5 CVS Head Status: Closed Resolution: Invalid Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Arjen de Rijke (arjenderijke) Assigned to: Sjoerd Mullender (sjoerd) Summary: Problem with mclient -Xdebug parameter Initial Comment: Using monetdb build from cvs of two days ago, mclient has a problem with the -Xdebug parameter. If you try to connect to an mserver5 with the command mclient -lsql -ddatabasename -Xdebug you get the error MAPI = [EMAIL PROTECTED]:50000 ACTION= mapi_start_talking ERROR = !database 'ebug' does not exist if you try the command mclient -Xdebug -lsql -ddatabasename it works as expected. OS = Fedora 8 linux, standard CWI desktop ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >Comment By: Arjen de Rijke (arjenderijke) Date: 2008-03-27 17:05 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=1836138 Originator: YES For the record, for my original bugreport RTFM does apply. But the comments by mr-meltdown are valid. And the order of the parameters should not matter. Combining short parameter with options can lead to confusing situations. I am not sure if that is allowed in other linux commands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Sjoerd Mullender (sjoerd) Date: 2008-03-27 16:39 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=43607 Originator: NO You are right, both that --Xdebug (-X) is a weird option (--debug makes much more sense) and that multiple -d arguments could do with a warning. --Xdebug: changing this to --debug is not hard, but what about -X? Both -d and -D are taken, -X does not make sense when the long option is --debug. Plus it's an interface change, so not suitable for the stable version. -d -d: There are more options where it makes sense to warn about multiple occurrences. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Fabian (mr-meltdown) Date: 2008-03-27 16:04 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=963970 Originator: NO by the way, even though the invocation is invalid, it is weird that as last argument it doesn't work, whereas it does if as first argument. (i.e. mclient doesn't warn/error that multiple -d arguments won't ever work) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Fabian (mr-meltdown) Date: 2008-03-27 16:02 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=963970 Originator: NO The confusion clearly comes from Java here, where the argument /is/ -Xdebug by convention. I'm not sure why --Xdebug or -X was chosen in mclient, but maybe it's wise to change that, since in Java -Xyyyy means "extended", as in not really an option you normally would use, and subject to change, hence the Java option is just debug, but flagged as don't use it if you have no clue what you're doing. This convention obviously doesn't hold for mclient. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comment By: Sjoerd Mullender (sjoerd) Date: 2008-03-27 15:56 Message: Logged In: YES user_id=43607 Originator: NO Use --Xdebug, not -Xdebug. Count the minuses. -X is equivalent to --Xdebug, but if you use -Xdebug, the option is parsed as -X -d ebug (or --Xdebug --database=ebug), so you get what you ask for. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=482468&aid=1927153&group_id=56967 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Monetdb-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/monetdb-bugs
