linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH][2/15] e2fsprogs-config-before-cmdline.patch

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Message-id: <20081007085606.GS2009@webber.adilger.int>
Date:	Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:56:06 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Kalpak Shah <Kalpak.Shah@....com>,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][2/15] e2fsprogs-config-before-cmdline.patch

On Oct 06, 2008  16:49 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 04:01:08PM +0530, Kalpak Shah wrote:
> > The patch changes the order that the config file and command line are
> > parsed so that command line has precedence.  It also adds a check to
> > make sure only one -E option is passed on the command line as -E option
> > parsing is not cumulative.
> 
> Hmm.  I wonder if we would be better off making -E option parsing
> cumulative, especially if we are going to add a way of specifying some
> extended options via the config file.  Comments?

I've always thought that both -E and -O should be cumulative.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Sr. Staff Engineer, Lustre Group
Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.

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