Re: [bug] logger 2.26: regression, option -i not combinable with other options

[Juergen Daubert <jue@jue.li>]

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 11:41:06AM +0100, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 11:06:47AM +0100, Juergen Daubert wrote:
> > with logger from util-linux 2.25.x it's possible to combine the option
> > -i with other options like:
> > 
> >  logger -is
> > 
> > with 2.26 I get the following error message:
> > 
> >  $:~> logger -is
> >  logger: failed to parse id: 's'
> > 
> > The changed behaviour breaks existing scripts like dhcpcd-run-hooks [1]
> > from dhcpcd [2].
> 
> Hmm... stupid regression, next time it would be probably better to
> introduce optional arguments for long options only.
> 
> Anyway, always use long options in scripts. It's more robust and more
> readable.

here's the response from dhcpcd's author:

 The original BSD sources from which logger is clearly based don't support
 long options .... and dhcpcd needs to work with them. 


Greetings
Juergen