-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 3/20/2014 3:35 PM, Daniel Baumann wrote: > again, which "standard"? again, i'm not argueing about the non > --version|--help|--usage and so on options, i only disagree for > those 'special' options. so far, you're only claiming things > without references.
The C and posix standards. There isn't anything "special" about these options that overrides the broader exit status standard. >> I can not find one single other tool ( and I've just checked over >> 50 ) that returns a failure code when printing its version. > > just one to proof you wrong (but you can find many others): > mkfs.vfat mkfs.vfat doesn't have a --version switch. If there are "many others" then please list a few, since I have done a pretty darn thorough search and found none. > maybe you should consider using the usual test -x for that. I probably will submit a patch for that, though it does not help if you are actually interested in finding the version. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJTK0vUAAoJEI5FoCIzSKrwZVgH/jJyds6R6OFHwx1WFK6f4F6q YY4wLqJJnUvDFkAwXaOhac72QAHKxYO8UzTvtTmlA53Fy+cPyaWA2AScyMJoaW44 y09YZ55l+/CZ25hoST3DsKPWG3QXtFAsYEb3o9ukw5izRwCqR5bABgWtAZp0wP0h px/gT0B+YlwJ+TnMdqQYqrB1AgyvicNziUep2Yl4rpBzlr82wqwtPQlIOt2TcKMu TSCcL4QmHwGFbMU3HbyQMGcNO3LEFauDaKdDV7D5t1NobrsD/UGNCnXpOS03a0E3 EblcuMamaS3ZwImtXcimSmJsZZXDQFHB01Kyy0zPEVl9fRvfyU11d4dzPg33n9Q= =l7AL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
