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Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:07:46 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> To: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@...en.pl> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [IPROUTE]: Fix up "ip link" help text On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:17:00 +0200 Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@...en.pl> wrote: > On Monday 13 of October 2008, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > On Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:02:17 +0200 > > > > Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> wrote: > > > Arkadiusz Miskiewicz wrote: > > > > Runtime dependand help doesn't look sane. Help should always show all > > > > possible options/command while trying to use unsupported option should > > > > display error message. > > > > > > That makes sense. But don't complain to me about the quality > > > of the error messages afterwards please :) > > > > I applied a variant of Patrick's original patch. I added text for delete, > > and avoided some code movement. The help text should only show what is > > supported otherwise there will be user complaints. > > Too bad. > > Help should show all options while trying to use unsupported ones should > yeld "unsupported"/some error message. > > Will ipv6 options etc, etc also be hidden when ipv6 not available? > The options won't show on older kernels. It is not a kernel config option difference, it is old legacy code, like back to 2.4 where the API's just aren't there. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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