From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from list by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.71) id 1S5f3R-0005Qt-Cy for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:14:57 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58813) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S5f3G-0004wz-BY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:14:55 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S5f3A-000581-S0 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:14:45 -0500 Received: from wp191.webpack.hosteurope.de ([80.237.132.198]:54183) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S5f3A-00057l-KI for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:14:40 -0500 Received: from p4fc26eb5.dip.t-dialin.net ([79.194.110.181] helo=neptun.omega.ssw.de); authenticated by wp191.webpack.hosteurope.de running ExIM with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) id 1S5f38-0004qd-P4; Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:14:38 +0100 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by neptun.omega.ssw.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC2D4E180A8; Thu, 8 Mar 2012 16:14:37 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at omega.ssw.de Received: from neptun.omega.ssw.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (neptun.omega.ssw.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id tXqvSSeNDmso; Thu, 8 Mar 2012 16:14:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.2.43] (p640.fritz.box [192.168.2.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by neptun.omega.ssw.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1E7DE180A7; Thu, 8 Mar 2012 16:14:26 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4F58CCDB.7090001@anvo-it.de> Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:14:35 +0100 From: Andreas Vogel User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:10.0.2) Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/10.0.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= Subject: Re: Ideas for the future References: <4F541349.7070704@anvo-it.de> <4F541723.6030105@gmail.com> <4F54A094.1000000@anvo-it.de> <4F54B78B.9010707@gmail.com> <4F54DF19.7000804@anvo-it.de> <4F58BE22.1020003@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4F58BE22.1020003@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.3.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-bounce-key: webpack.hosteurope.de; andreas.vogel@anvo-it.de; 1331219680; 247547fe; X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.237.132.198 Cc: The development of GNU GRUB X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:14:56 -0000 Am 08.03.2012 15:11, schrieb Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko: > On 05.03.2012 16:43, Andreas Vogel wrote: >> Am 05.03.2012 13:54, schrieb Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenk= o: >>>> option with an optional argument. By this we would have had what you= >>>> preference and my way too. Regarding optional arguments the option >>>> handling in GRUB is actually broken by design, so this is, >>>> unfortunately, not an option. >>> When i implemented my patches, i wanted to use both ways: a command >>> line >>> Again it's unfortunate that noone noticed it when it was committed an= d >>> now we're stuck with it. >> You should think about that again. GRUB is broken regarding that and i= t >> should be fixed anyway. Right now it seems that there is only one >> command which uses GRUB_ARG_OPTION_OPTIONAL so maybe it's one of the >> last chances to have a cheap fix. > Learn to use rgrep before making unsupported, easy to check claims: > ./grub-core/commands/search_wrap.c: {"set", 's', > GRUB_ARG_OPTION_OPTIONAL, > ./grub-core/loader/i386/bsd.c: {"serial", 'h', > GRUB_ARG_OPTION_OPTIONAL, > ./grub-core/loader/i386/bsd.c: {"serial", 'h', > GRUB_ARG_OPTION_OPTIONAL, >> Yes, you're right, I missed to make 100% sure that i checked all source files, mea culpa. That's why i wrote "It seems that there is only one..."= =2E BTW, I spent quite some time to investigate this issue and tried my best, your reaction is demotivating at least. Just wanna let you know.