Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2004 19:28:44 +0100 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: usage() in install(1) Message-ID: <2651.1076092124@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Feb 2004 12:06:05 %2B0200." <20040206100605.GB27888@FreeBSD.org.ua>
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In message <20040206100605.GB27888@FreeBSD.org.ua>, Ruslan Ermilov writes: >Poul-Henning, > >I was very puzzled today trying to understand what is this line >number that install(1) is telling me about, especially that I've >just run it without any options, to see its usage. > >Please revert the part of the revision 1.62 where it was added. >I have the following reasons why it shouldn't have been done: I added it because the error messages from [x]install are singularly uninformative and at least the line numbers could serve as "guru meditation material". The correct solution of course is to replace the totally uninformative usage message which the program indiscriminatly spits out on any sort of trouble with intelligent informative error messages. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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