Re: A simple hate today.

2006-05-27 Thread David Champion
* On 2006.05.27, in <44786e2d.50...@xs4all.nl>, * "Rhesa Rozendaal" wrote: > a...@hates-software.com % bs -? > bs: invalid option -- ? > Try `bs --help' for more information. > > a...@hates-software.com % bs -h > bs: invalid option -- h > Try `bs --help' for more information. > > a...@hate

Re: A simple hate today.

2006-05-27 Thread Rhesa Rozendaal
a...@hates-software.com % bs -? bs: invalid option -- ? Try `bs --help' for more information. a...@hates-software.com % bs -h bs: invalid option -- h Try `bs --help' for more information. a...@hates-software.com % bs --help bs: the color of the Bike Shed is a greenish, yellowish sort of brown.

Re: A simple hate today.

2006-05-27 Thread Juerd
H.Merijn Brand skribis 2006-05-27 12:01 (+0200): > Anyway, My plea was not about how shells interpret -?, but that programs > should support it as alias for --help. -\? is still a lot less characters > than --help, and IMHO still evenly clear. Characters, yes, but my keyboard doesn't have a single

embedded systems

2006-05-27 Thread Aaron J. Grier
On Sun, May 21, 2006 at 07:22:02PM -0500, sabrina downard wrote: > i ask you, WHY ON EARTH should the gadget that's in charge of my fuel > injectors have anything at all to do with my stereo? just because it appears to be hardware, that doesn't mean that deep down there isn't actually software to

Re: A simple hate today.

2006-05-27 Thread Peter da Silva
On May 27, 2006, at 5:01 AM, H.Merijn Brand wrote: OK, I've learned a lot from all the opinions raised in this hate, and I will continue to support *both* --help and -? for all my scripts. There is no harm nor security issue from the script/program side of that. And I consider even supportin

Re: A simple hate today.

2006-05-27 Thread demerphq
On 5/27/06, H.Merijn Brand wrote: On Fri, 26 May 2006 21:42:25 +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 02:04:53PM +0200, H.Merijn Brand wrote: > > On Fri, 26 May 2006 03:35:44 -0700, jrod...@hate.spamportal.net wrote: > > > Here, let me plant a bomb on our shared computer: > > >

Re: A simple hate today.

2006-05-27 Thread H.Merijn Brand
On Fri, 26 May 2006 21:42:25 +0100, David Cantrell wrote: > On Fri, May 26, 2006 at 02:04:53PM +0200, H.Merijn Brand wrote: > > On Fri, 26 May 2006 03:35:44 -0700, jrod...@hate.spamportal.net wrote: > > > Here, let me plant a bomb on our shared computer: > > > touch /tmp/-r > > > It may take

Re: source tarballs

2006-05-27 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* Peter da Silva [2006-05-26 23:40]: > Annoyingly hard to do portably from a Makefile. Easier to port a shell than a shell script... before you even to mention the variety make flavours... Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis //