From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18275 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2009 21:24:28 -0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on f.primenet.com.au X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 29 Jan 2009 21:24:28 -0000 Received-SPF: none (ns1.primenet.com.au: domain at sunsite.dk does not designate permitted sender hosts) Received: (qmail 27656 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2009 21:24:21 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 29 Jan 2009 21:24:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 18988 invoked by alias); 29 Jan 2009 21:24:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 26486 Received: (qmail 18972 invoked from network); 29 Jan 2009 21:24:16 -0000 Received: from bifrost.dotsrc.org (130.225.254.106) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 29 Jan 2009 21:24:16 -0000 Received: from uucp.gnuu.de (uucp.gnuu.de [83.246.114.63]) by bifrost.dotsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 164DC80271F0 for ; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:24:12 +0100 (CET) Received: by uucp.gnuu.de (Postfix, from userid 10) id 5681F48807D; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:24:08 +0100 (CET) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.5.2 uucp.gnuu.de 5681F48807D DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=gnuu.de; s=banki; t=1233264249; i=@alea.gnuu.de; bh=FWfw118L+jaaSrGD/N/OPijsqTpgEyVeV pVf4DzlSnw=; h=To:From:Subject:Date:Message-ID:References: Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Sender; b=OCY6 98bpywThHEzxjxmAvLn9pGZFJiGpMfPUmADGTJdSzT4K5IHKJm/JgtZ1XS5z9ZNZSrV q4XN5iVwgS42kIir0mXsB0Ua7pZ2fAQKEaZH82p9VZsr7J9ylWl9mCARdJdhLPpJPzk zeBMKf8b7d+lqLt/kEQVHShBuZxj6DMFQ= Received: from news by alea.gnuu.de with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LSb86-00015g-21 for zsh-workers@sunsite.dk; Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:56:42 +0100 To: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Path: not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?J=C3=B6rg?= Sommer Newsgroups: local.mailinglist.zsh Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] modinfo: remove invalid option -f Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:56:41 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <1233004248-24000-1-git-send-email-joerg@alea.gnuu.de> <200901270706.45443.arvidjaar@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: alea.gnuu.de 1233251801 4194 192.168.0.5 (29 Jan 2009 17:56:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@alea.gnuu.de User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-2 (Linux) Sender: news X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.92.1/8920/Thu Jan 29 19:30:26 2009 on bifrost X-Virus-Status: Clean Hi Andrey, Andrey Borzenkov wrote: > On 27 января 2009 00:10:46 Jörg Sommer wrote: >> Current versions of modinfo do not support this option: >> >> % modinfo -f >> modinfo: invalid option -- f >> % modinfo --version >> module-init-tools version 3.4 > > Any chance there are still users of old modutils with kernel 2.4? Yes, this probabillity will never be zero. I know if users of 2.0 kernel. > How hard would it be to support both? w.r.t. this option simply not remove the line. But the question is, if you really want to support every version that was ever there. I wouldn't do this. Bye, Jörg. -- Der Mensch hat die Atombombe erfunden. Keine Maus der Welt käme auf die Idee, eine Mausefalle zu konstruieren.