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From: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>
To: Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com>
Cc: passt-dev@passt.top, laine@laine.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/9] log a detailed error (not usage()) when there are extra non-option arguments
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 18:45:48 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230209184548.4f3cc4f2@elisabeth> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230208174838.1680517-9-laine@redhat.com>

On Wed,  8 Feb 2023 12:48:37 -0500
Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com> wrote:

> Telling the user "this bit is wrong" is more useful than telling them
> "these are all the potential things that would be right; actual error
> identification is left as an exercise for the reader".

Ah, yes, I guess. :)

> 
> Signed-off-by: Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com>
> ---
>  conf.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
> index 1bfbc55..ce4e3e5 100644
> --- a/conf.c
> +++ b/conf.c
> @@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ void conf(struct ctx *c, int argc, char **argv)
>  	if (c->mode == MODE_PASTA)
>  		conf_pasta_ns(&netns_only, userns, netns, optind, argc, argv);
>  	else if (optind != argc)
> -		usage(argv[0]);
> +		errexit("Extra non-option argument: %s", argv[optind]);
>  
>  	isolate_user(uid, gid, !netns_only, userns, c->mode);
>  

-- 
Stefano


  reply	other threads:[~2023-02-09 17:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-08 17:48 [PATCH v2 0/9] error logging fixes Laine Stump
2023-02-08 17:48 ` [PATCH v2 1/9] log to stderr until process is daemonized, even if a logfile is set Laine Stump
2023-02-09 17:45   ` Stefano Brivio
2023-02-14  3:41     ` Laine Stump
2023-02-08 17:48 ` [PATCH v2 2/9] add errexit() to log an error message and exit with a single call Laine Stump
2023-02-09 17:45   ` Stefano Brivio
2023-02-13  3:22     ` David Gibson
2023-02-13 10:46       ` Stefano Brivio
2023-02-08 17:48 ` [PATCH v2 3/9] eliminate most calls to usage() in conf() Laine Stump
2023-02-09 17:45   ` Stefano Brivio
2023-02-08 17:48 ` [PATCH v2 4/9] make conf_ports() exit immediately after logging error Laine Stump
2023-02-09 17:45   ` Stefano Brivio
2023-02-08 17:48 ` [PATCH v2 5/9] make conf_pasta_ns() " Laine Stump
2023-02-09 17:45   ` Stefano Brivio
2023-02-08 17:48 ` [PATCH v2 6/9] make conf_ugid() " Laine Stump
2023-02-13  4:23   ` Laine Stump
2023-02-08 17:48 ` [PATCH v2 7/9] make conf_netns_opt() " Laine Stump
2023-02-08 17:48 ` [PATCH v2 8/9] log a detailed error (not usage()) when there are extra non-option arguments Laine Stump
2023-02-09 17:45   ` Stefano Brivio [this message]
2023-02-08 17:48 ` [PATCH v2 9/9] convert all remaining err() followed by exit() to errexit() Laine Stump
2023-02-09 17:45   ` Stefano Brivio

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