bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs.

2010-11-18 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Thursday 18 November 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > Hello, Hi Ralf. I answer here because I'm not subscribed to bug-standards; I hope that's not a problem. > > * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 05:28:30PM CET: > > On Thursday 18 November 2010, Eric Blake wrote: > > > On 11/18/

bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs.

2010-11-18 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Thursday 18 November 2010, Eric Blake wrote: > On 11/18/2010 08:22 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > > Severity: wishlist > > > > Currently, automake and aclocal scan their command line looking for > > `--help' and `--version' even after an invalid option has been seen; > > and in case one of thos

bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs.

2010-11-18 Thread Eric Blake
On 11/18/2010 08:22 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: > Severity: wishlist > > Currently, automake and aclocal scan their command line looking for > `--help' and `--version' even after an invalid option has been seen; > and in case one of those two options is seen, it takes precedence > even over error

bug#7434: When an incorrect option is used before --help/--version, automake behaviour is inconsistent with that of other GNU programs.

2010-11-18 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Severity: wishlist Currently, automake and aclocal scan their command line looking for `--help' and `--version' even after an invalid option has been seen; and in case one of those two options is seen, it takes precedence even over error reporting about preceding invalid options. But this is inco