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bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, auto
From: |
Ralf Wildenhues |
Subject: |
bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs. |
Date: |
Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:41:08 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2010-08-04) |
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 06:41:20PM CET:
> > Besides, in the particular case of automake, how often do automake
> > or aclocal get invoked directly? To my experience, they are almost
> > always invoked by autoreconf, ./bootstrap, or some custom autogen.sh
> > script.
(aside: autoreconf works just in the same way as automake in this
respect.)
> > > > Let's address this on bug-standards before changing any programs.
> >
> Now a decision has been reached on bug-standards *not* to tighten the
> specification about the behaviour of --help and --version:
> <http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-standards/2010-11/msg00010.html>
Nor to forbid the current behavior of automake.
> Considering that, do you agree to simplify the automake/aclocal option
> parsing by not trying to process --help/--version options encountered
> after invalid options?
I'm painfully aware that this is a near-bikeshed discussion, but I
simply fail to see the advantage of taking away existing functionality
helpful for the user, even if only a few users. Code simplification is
nice, but this change wouldn't suddenly make automake fast, all that
much more readable, or anything similar. Barring that there is a
technical advantage for our users[1], I remain unconvinced.
Sorry,
Ralf
[1] A technical reason would be something like: erroring instead of
warning due to an unknown argument is better because it enables users
to write robust configure tests for arguments. This doesn't apply here,
of course.
- bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs., Stefano Lattarini, 2010/11/18
- bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs., Eric Blake, 2010/11/18
- bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs., Stefano Lattarini, 2010/11/18
- bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs., Ralf Wildenhues, 2010/11/18
- bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs., Stefano Lattarini, 2010/11/18
- bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs., Stefano Lattarini, 2010/11/19
- bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs., Stefano Lattarini, 2010/11/26
- bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs.,
Ralf Wildenhues <=
- bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs., Stefano Lattarini, 2010/11/28