Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:30:54 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Subject: Re: bin/163934: [patch] usbconfig(8) sends help output to stderr instead of stdout Message-ID: <20120110232500.K1940@besplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201091514320.33267@wonkity.com> References: <201201082105.q08L5EXm038909@red.freebsd.org> <20120109183017.T1220@besplex.bde.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201091514320.33267@wonkity.com>
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On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, Warren Block wrote: > The user can request usage() output with -h or --help or something > equivalent, and that output should go to stdout because it's not an error and > that data is what was requested. IMO, of course. This should probably be implemented by passing a FILE pointer to usage(). > usbconfig doesn't actually have a -h option, usage() output is just a default > fall-through. Ugh. It documents -h in its man page. Its code doesn't even use getopt(). It uses a home made parser that accepts almost any random character as an equivalent for -h. Bruce
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