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Re: timeout --help --help
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Pádraig Brady |
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Re: timeout --help --help |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:34:51 +0000 |
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On 22/03/10 15:29, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 03/22/2010 04:18 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>
>> True, '+' negates that argument.
>> So perhaps parse_long_options is just a shortcut for commands
>> that don't have to process their own options?
>
> Yes, that's my understanding.
>
>>
>> That suggests that chroot and timeout at least should be
>> modified as you suggest. I still think I'm missing something though?
>
> I don't think you're missing anything. Because timeout takes options in
> addition to --help/--version, it does not need to use
> parse_long_options, but should do everything itself.
OK thanks for the clarification.
I'll push Kim's patch and do the other cleanups.
cheers,
Pádraig.