Package: scsitools Version: 0.12-2 Severity: wishlist Bug #594100 removed the scsiadd packages based on the claim that scsitools provides the same functionality. I assume this refers to the rescan-scsi-bus.sh script?
1. the name is too long 2. the command syntax is inferior to scsiadd (at least for that scsiadd does). Examples: scsiadd: scsiadd 3 scsitools: rescan-scsi-bus.sh --ids=3 scsiadd: scsiadd -r 1 2 3 4 scsitools: rescan-scsi-bus.sh -r --host=1 --channels= 2 --ids=3 --luns=4 3. When doing simple adds and removes I think rescan-scsi-bus.sh is maybe doing a bunch extra stuff, as opposed to that scsiadd did which was just be a simple frontend to 'echo "scsi add-single-device ...'. This may or may not be desirable, it might be nice to have it do some sanity checking but really I just want something easy to type that follows the UNIX KISS design philosophy. One thing rescan-scsi-bus.sh has going for it is it uses the newer /sys interfaces which is good. Please consider making an easier tool for adds/removes available, either by A. making the rescan-scsi-bus.sh easier to use for these things (it could keep the long names but maybe get shorthand syntax that matched scsiadd. and maybe name it "scsi-scan" or something) or B. by pulling in the scsiadd source and fixing it for the new /sys interfaces. Thanks, -- Matt Taggart tagg...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
