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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0004623 | GNUnet | util library | public | 2016-08-23 08:54 | 2019-07-24 20:42 |
| Reporter | lynX | Assigned To | xrs | ||
| Priority | low | Severity | tweak | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Product Version | Git master | ||||
| Target Version | 0.11.6 | Fixed in Version | 0.11.6 | ||
| Summary | 0004623: UX: getopt should complain if -v is used with other parameters | ||||
| Description | You can require the user to understand why the version string is output, or you can help them by telling them that the version string may only be requested when there are no further parameters (which imply that the user didn't actually intend to ask for a version string). Possibly this kind of UX refinement is applicable to other parameters. Also, is it normal that outputting a version string produces an error return code? GNU tools usually do not. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | gnunet-namestore -L DEBUG -z master-zone -ap -t vpn -e "2 hours" -n telnet -v "6 TVV54YYR29KRDKM30ZC3014JXHDGPVT7KFQGA44CEV2YQSEVFDAG telnet" gnunet-namestore v0.10.1 svn-r37587 Makefile:142: recipe for target 'names' failed The -v should have been -V to function, but a clearer error message would have spared some time figuring out what was going on. | ||||
| Additional Information | Fork of 0004616 | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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The reason why I didn't just fix it is because when I looked over the code I realized it is all but trivial to make this change without a profound understanding of it. So if I was the right person to deal with this problem, I wouldn't have written this bug report. |
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I suspect what's tripping you up here is 'getopt.c', which is actually GNU getopt from the copylib. I don't have any more profound understanding of the getopt.c file than you do, but that one should not be changed anyway, except for the last function in the file: that's the GNUnet-specific code. And of course you can change getopt_helpers.c. |
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This surely is a UX bug, at least. lynX any feedback to comment 0004623:0011074 ? NOTE: I don't think this is a blocker for the 0.11.0 release, so I'm going to untag it. |
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I disagree, it caused some serious confusion for lynx before, which is why he filed it. It also makes a nice exercise for beginners... |
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Resolved by 988ac7f121b646cba3ca44567f54b1315398505d. |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-23 08:54 | lynX | New Issue | |
| 2016-08-27 11:41 | Christian Grothoff | Assigned To | => lynX |
| 2016-08-27 11:41 | Christian Grothoff | Status | new => assigned |
| 2016-08-29 08:34 | lynX | Note Added: 0011072 | |
| 2016-08-29 08:34 | lynX | Assigned To | lynX => Christian Grothoff |
| 2016-08-29 10:16 | Christian Grothoff | Note Added: 0011074 | |
| 2016-08-30 13:19 | Christian Grothoff | Assigned To | Christian Grothoff => |
| 2016-08-30 13:19 | Christian Grothoff | Status | assigned => confirmed |
| 2016-09-22 20:10 | Christian Grothoff | Target Version | => 0.11.0pre66 |
| 2017-02-21 18:38 | Christian Grothoff | Target Version | 0.11.0pre66 => 0.11.0 |
| 2017-02-26 02:26 | Christian Grothoff | Severity | minor => feature |
| 2018-06-27 00:02 | Christian Grothoff | Assigned To | => Feideus |
| 2018-06-27 00:02 | Christian Grothoff | Status | confirmed => assigned |
| 2019-01-27 11:59 | Christian Grothoff | Assigned To | Feideus => |
| 2019-01-27 11:59 | Christian Grothoff | Status | assigned => confirmed |
| 2019-01-28 04:46 | dvn | Note Added: 0013488 | |
| 2019-01-28 04:47 | dvn | Severity | feature => tweak |
| 2019-01-28 04:47 | dvn | Target Version | 0.11.0 => |
| 2019-01-28 05:59 | Christian Grothoff | Note Added: 0013492 | |
| 2019-06-05 19:02 | Christian Grothoff | Target Version | => 0.11.6 |
| 2019-06-21 22:51 | Christian Grothoff | Assigned To | => t3sserakt |
| 2019-06-21 22:51 | Christian Grothoff | Status | confirmed => assigned |
| 2019-06-21 22:51 | Christian Grothoff | Assigned To | t3sserakt => xrs |
| 2019-06-22 23:32 | xrs | Status | assigned => resolved |
| 2019-06-22 23:32 | xrs | Resolution | open => fixed |
| 2019-06-22 23:32 | xrs | Fixed in Version | => Git master |
| 2019-06-22 23:32 | xrs | Note Added: 0014569 | |
| 2019-07-21 10:53 | Christian Grothoff | Fixed in Version | Git master => 0.11.6 |
| 2019-07-24 20:42 | Christian Grothoff | Status | resolved => closed |
