Re: [PATCH iproute2] utils: don't match empty strings as prefixes

2019-07-15 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Sun, 14 Jul 2019 16:57:54 +0200 Matteo Croce wrote: > On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 1:18 AM Matteo Croce wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 11:38 PM Stephen Hemminger > > wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 22:40:40 +0200 > > > Matteo Croce wrote: > > > > > > > iproute has an utility fu

Re: [PATCH iproute2] utils: don't match empty strings as prefixes

2019-07-14 Thread Matteo Croce
On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 1:18 AM Matteo Croce wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 11:38 PM Stephen Hemminger > wrote: > > > > On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 22:40:40 +0200 > > Matteo Croce wrote: > > > > > iproute has an utility function which checks if a string is a prefix for > > > another one, to allow use

Re: [PATCH iproute2] utils: don't match empty strings as prefixes

2019-07-09 Thread Matteo Croce
On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 11:38 PM Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 22:40:40 +0200 > Matteo Croce wrote: > > > iproute has an utility function which checks if a string is a prefix for > > another one, to allow use of abbreviated commands, e.g. 'addr' or 'a' > > instead of 'address'.

Re: [PATCH iproute2] utils: don't match empty strings as prefixes

2019-07-09 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Tue, 9 Jul 2019 22:40:40 +0200 Matteo Croce wrote: > iproute has an utility function which checks if a string is a prefix for > another one, to allow use of abbreviated commands, e.g. 'addr' or 'a' > instead of 'address'. > > This routine unfortunately considers an empty string as prefix > o