Re: [Bashburn-info] Install.sh options

[Nick W. <ni...@li...>]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:05:20 -0400 (EDT)
"Steven W. Orr" <st...@sy...> wrote:

> =>Well, I find it a bit brain dead if a user mistypes '--prefix' as
> =>'-prefix' and it installs into a directory called 'refix'.
> =>
> =>BTW, SVN is back up
> 
> yabut your solution seems to imply that short options should be 
> constrained to uppercase (even if they *don't* take an argument).
> Remember that creating options is not just a question of SVR4
> compatibility; it's also a question of following conventions to make
> it more familiar.
> 
> e.g., -h == help
>       -v == verbose
>       -V == Version info
>       -c == alternate configfile
>       -d == directory spec
>       -i == install
>       -l == long output
>       -n == don't do it but tell me what you want to do
>       -o == output
>       -q == query status returned
>       -R == recurse
>       -t == set a type
>       -u == uninstall
> 

OK, I understand.  But there must be a way to stop it?  Unless I am
messing to much.  I will have to try other install apps stuff to see :-D

Nick
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