From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hartmut Goebel Subject: Re: Guix command line flag consistency Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:43:51 +0200 Message-ID: References: <0f4a960b-68dd-8f82-6bea-f6ce08d59e91@swierczek.io> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43681) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1czRjp-0007gN-OH for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 13:43:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1czRjm-0007F7-Jo for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 13:43:57 -0400 Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1]:47502) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1czRjm-0007Dh-Cq for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 13:43:54 -0400 Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3w522K0bF3z1qtXG for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:43:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (dynscan01.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3w522J64csz3hjKH for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:43:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan01.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id o3zZ3n1AMjey for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:43:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hermia.goebel-consult.de (ppp-46-244-143-50.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.143.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:43:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from thisbe.goebel-consult.de (hermia.goebel-consult.de [192.168.110.7]) by hermia.goebel-consult.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0259C60482 for ; Sat, 15 Apr 2017 19:49:16 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <0f4a960b-68dd-8f82-6bea-f6ce08d59e91@swierczek.io> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: guix-devel@gnu.org Am 14.04.2017 um 22:57 schrieb Mike Swierczek: > I'd much prefer if both the short and long command line arguments > accepted their argument in any arrangement. I also stumbled over "--show=foo" failing. I suggest guix should follow the GNU command lien parsing conventions. Maybe this could be extended with the possibility to unambiguous shorten long options. -- Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible |