netdev - Re: [IPROUTE]: Fix up "ip link" help text

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Message-ID: <20081013072129.2564130f@extreme>
Date:	Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:21:29 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <arekm@...en.pl>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [IPROUTE]: Fix up "ip link" help text

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.
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