On Wed, 2 May 2001, Guy Harris wrote: > > I find this approach illogical; -vvv means ultra _v_erbose. -nn should > > mean zero _n_o translation :-). That's the way it was in Alexey's tcpdump > > patches too, btw. > > > > Yeah, that could break some scripts. > > As did, I suspect, some of Alexey's patches; I know somebody filed a bug > against Red Hat 6.1-or-later tcpdump because it no longer defaulted to > promiscuous mode, so those patches certainly broke some habits, and may > well have broken scripts. True. But the problem with Alexeys patch was, there was _zero_ documentation. People surely started to wonder when man page told promisc was the default, but in reality... If there is proper documentation, one can say "It reads there, under -p". :-) > > My personal opinion is that you can't stop the development; if a script > > does that and you update tcpdump, you should fix the script. If we want > > to remove some redundant command-line switches (there are a few; I've sent > > a mail about some of them in Jan/Feb) we should be able to do it with a > > clear conscience. Just mention it in ChangeLog or the like, and the hands > > are IMO clean. > > I tend to agree with Bill on this point - the "you" who would fix the > script probably isn't the "you" who checkes into the tcpdump CVS tree > the change, and [snip reasoning] Ok. Would you be willing to change these "public interfaces" for some major release? For example, there are toggles like -a (silly?) and -u (integrate in -vv or -n the like?) that probably could be removed. As for -u.. it isn't on the man page. There are a few other small issues, including ordering. Please see the patch: Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 22:26:43 +0200 (EET) From: Pekka Savola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [tcpdump-workers] patch: fix usage/man page This has a small piece or redundant, since integrated stuff describing 'any'. -- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords - This is the TCPDUMP workers list. It is archived at http://www.tcpdump.org/lists/workers/index.html To unsubscribe use mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe
