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

2012-06-25 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On 01/25/2011 06:36 PM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Since it seems to me that we agreed to differ on this issue, I'm tagging the report as wontfix. Actually, all of this discussion has basically become quite moot after we have decided to share the option parsing code between Autoconf and

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

2011-01-25 Thread Stefano Lattarini
tags 7434 wontfix close 7434 thanks Hello Ralf. Since it seems to me that we agreed to differ on this issue, I'm tagging the report as wontfix. Regards, Stefano

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

2010-11-28 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 06:41:20PM CET: Besides, in the particular case of automake, how often do automake or aclocal get invoked directly? To my experience, they are almost always invoked by autoreconf, ./bootstrap, or some custom autogen.sh script. (aside:

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

2010-11-28 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Sunday 28 November 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 06:41:20PM CET: Besides, in the particular case of automake, how often do automake or aclocal get invoked directly? To my experience, they are almost always invoked by autoreconf,

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

2010-11-26 Thread Stefano Lattarini
Hi Ralf, Eric, and all bug-automake readers. On Friday 19 November 2010, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Thursday 18 November 2010, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Thursday 18 November 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: I think --help should work whereever it is put on a command line, except after

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

2010-11-19 Thread Stefano Lattarini
On Thursday 18 November 2010, Stefano Lattarini wrote: On Thursday 18 November 2010, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: I think --help should work whereever it is put on a command line, except after -- or right after an option which requires an argument I disagree; that would complicate the

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

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 Ralf Wildenhues
Hello, * Stefano Lattarini wrote on Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 05:28:30PM CET: On Thursday 18 November 2010, Eric Blake wrote: On 11/18/2010 08:22 AM, Stefano Lattarini wrote: Currently, automake and aclocal scan their command line looking for `--help' and `--version' even after an invalid