Re: [bug-inetutils] Something about ifconfig --format=unknown

[Mats Erik Andersson]

torsdag den  5 maj 2011 klockan 13:36 skrev Alfred M. Szmidt detta:
>    So, I don't think this is a bug. If it really does some matter, I
>    tend to believe that is a question of design. Because I find it is
>    somewhat a little complex to avoid the unknown format to be printed
>    more than once.  I want to know your opinion about it. I would be
>    very appreciate if you can send me a reply at your convenience.
> 
> It is a bug, the output should be sensible and it isn't.  Either, the
> output should be clearer, or it should only report that it is a
> unknown once.

I would say that the development code does not display the
indicated output. Instead it states

    ifconfig: unknown: unknown output format

A quick manipulation of "ifconfig/options.c" leads me
to suggest another error message:

   $ ./ifconfig/ifconfig --format=unknown
   ./ifconfig/ifconfig: "unknown" is unknown output format

Thus exposing the format string delimited by quotes.