Re: [hackers] [PATCH] tar: if first argument doesn't have a leading dash, prepend one

From: Laslo Hunhold <dev_AT_frign.de>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 15:04:08 +0200

On Mon, 18 May 2020 02:08:12 -0700
Michael Forney <mforney_AT_mforney.org> wrote:

Dear Michael,

> Thanks for the patch, Ethan.
>
> This patch looks fine to me, but seeing as we used to support this
> usage before it was reverted in [0], I'd like to see if anyone else
> has comments. The approach you used avoids the code duplication that
> may have been the motivation for its removal.

I have objections for this patch. I don't like the old style and it's
horribly annoying with tools like unrar and 7z as well. I don't know
why the compression tools all ignore years of established command line
syntax, but I think we shouldn't chime in to this mad play.

At least, I would print a warning if the old style syntax is seen so
people start fixing their scripts.

With best regards

Laslo
Received on Mon May 18 2020 - 15:04:08 CEST