Re: Help output inconsistency: -v vs. -V

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Thomas Schmitt <address@hidden> wrote:

> So, "-V for --version and -v for --verbose" works for me.

Have another endorsement from me, no charge.

<snip>
I personally would drop "-V" as grub-mkrescue option. It
collides with the traditional option set of mkisofs, which is
in use by many scripts for bootable ISOs.
Consuming it by grub-mkrescue would hamper the migration
from such scripts to grub-mkrescue.

Seconded.

Well, "--version" collides with the mkisofs-ish option set,
too. But i cannot think of a use case which needs to print
the version information in the course of ISO production.

the one time when using grub-mkrescue where you would want to pass the --version to the underlying tools is when you are using --version anyway. How about when you run grub-mkrescue --version, it also calls the tools with --version so you get something like :

grub-mkrescue (GRUB) 2.02~beta2-23 using /usr/bin/xorriso:

xorriso 1.3.2 : RockRidge filesystem manipulator, libburnia project.

xorriso 1.3.2

ISO 9660 Rock Ridge filesystem manipulator and CD/DVD/BD burn program

xorriso version : 1.3.2

Version timestamp : 2013.08.07.110001

Build timestamp : -none-given-

libisofs in use : 1.3.2 (min. 1.3.2)

libjte in use : 1.0.0 (min. 1.0.0)

libburn in use : 1.3.2 (min. 1.3.2)

libburn OS adapter: internal GNU/Linux SG_IO adapter sg-linux

libisoburn in use : 1.3.2 (min. 1.3.2)

Provided under GNU GPL version 2 or later.

There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

This would make debugging easier in some cases. Also notice I included the path to the executable being used, which also helps with path issues.

Have a nice day :)

Thomas

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From:	Ben Hildred
Subject:	Re: Help output inconsistency: -v vs. -V
Date:	Tue, 30 Jun 2015 11:04:39 -0600