Subject: Re: using getopt_long (was Re: Bluetooth update)
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
From: Thor Lancelot Simon <tls@rek.tjls.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/18/2005 00:05:33
On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 08:54:23PM -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
>
> On Dec 17, 2005, at 8:41 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
>
> >If we're going to start adding new uses of getopt_long we should, at
> >the very least, discuss it first.
>
> Ok, lets....
>
> I think we should convert all of our in-tree programs to use long
> options (compatible with the corresponding GNU program, when
> appropriate).
I think we should change our ls(1) to insert ANSI color sequences into
its output (regardless of selected terminal type) and add a --dwim
option to the disklabel(8) and fdisk(8) programs.
Seriously, if you want the Linux userland, you know where to find it.
--
Thor Lancelot Simon tls@rek.tjls.com
"The inconsistency is startling, though admittedly, if consistency is to be
abandoned or transcended, there is no problem." - Noam Chomsky