Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:46:18 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: obrien@FreeBSD.org Cc: Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c Message-ID: <2153.964014378@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 Jul 2000 06:28:30 MST." <20000719062830.A15133@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 06:28:30 MST, "David O'Brien" wrote: > > > Make "ifconfig" with no arguments equivalent to "ifconfig -a". > > Please back this out. > Getting a usage() message is just too useful. If that's your only reason, I don't think it's good enough. I think "the UNIX way" to get usage() out of a program is ``progname -?''. Starting a program you don't know how to drive without arguments and hoping for usage isn't always such a hot idea. If there are other reasons, you should raise them. The only concrete reason I can think of is that the job doesn't seem to have been finished properly. But that can be fixed by going forwards, not backwards. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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