From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KXhGz-0006HC-Jb for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:58:41 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KXhGy-0006Gj-3z for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:58:41 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=38473 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KXhGx-0006Gg-Qo for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:58:39 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:42945) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KXhGx-0003Ge-L3 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:58:40 -0400 Message-ID: <01f801c906e4$8a243a70$0201a8c0@zeug> From: "Sebastian Herbszt" References: <20080825095800.18703.30602.stgit@gleb-debian.qumranet.com.qumranet.com><20080825095820.18703.69963.stgit@gleb-debian.qumranet.com.qumranet.com><20080825112621.GL6192@minantech.com> Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:57:35 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v2 4/6] Use libuuid if available. Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Andreas Färber wrote: > Okay, then I'd ask to invert the logic so that the user has to explicitly ask for it, maybe -uuid random (setting generate_uuid = > 0 by default and =1 in that case). Then no accidental damage should be done and a Management Application can still use it. If qemu would have HAS_OPT_ARG beside HAS_ARG i think it would be nice to use "-uuid UUID_HERE" to supply one and just "-uuid" (without argument) to request a random one. - Sebastian