"Kyle J. McKay" <mackyle@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> use 5.008;
>
> So either that needs to change or the code should properly deal with
> the version of Getopt::Long that comes with 5.8.0.
>
> Since it's really not very difficult or invasive to add support for
> the no- variants, here's a patch to do so:
Doesn't that approach add "what does --no-no-chain-rely-to even
mean?" confusion to the resulting system? If that is not the case,
then I am all for it, but otherwise, let's not.
People can easily spell --noxmailer if they want to stay at an older
Getopt::Long, and over time these ancient ones will be upgraded
away.
> -- 8< --
> Subject: [PATCH] git-send-email.perl: support no- prefix with older GetOptions
>
> Only Perl version 5.8.0 or later is required, but that comes with
> an older Getopt::Long (2.32) that does not support the 'no-'
> prefix. Support for that was added in Getopt::Long version 2.33.
>
> Since the help only mentions the 'no-' prefix and not the 'no'
> prefix, add explicit support for the 'no-' prefix when running
> with older GetOptions versions.
>
> Reported-by: Tom G. Christensen <tgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kyle J. McKay <mackyle@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> git-send-email.perl | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/git-send-email.perl b/git-send-email.perl
> index 3092ab35..a18a7959 100755
> --- a/git-send-email.perl
> +++ b/git-send-email.perl
> @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ my $rc = GetOptions("h" => \$help,
> "bcc=s" => \@bcclist,
> "no-bcc" => \$no_bcc,
> "chain-reply-to!" => \$chain_reply_to,
> + "no-chain-reply-to" => sub {$chain_reply_to = 0},
> "smtp-server=s" => \$smtp_server,
> "smtp-server-option=s" => \@smtp_server_options,
> "smtp-server-port=s" => \$smtp_server_port,
> @@ -311,25 +312,34 @@ my $rc = GetOptions("h" => \$help,
> "smtp-domain:s" => \$smtp_domain,
> "identity=s" => \$identity,
> "annotate!" => \$annotate,
> + "no-annotate" => sub {$annotate = 0},
> "compose" => \$compose,
> "quiet" => \$quiet,
> "cc-cmd=s" => \$cc_cmd,
> "suppress-from!" => \$suppress_from,
> + "no-suppress-from" => sub {$suppress_from = 0},
> "suppress-cc=s" => \@suppress_cc,
> "signed-off-cc|signed-off-by-cc!" => \$signed_off_by_cc,
> + "no-signed-off-cc|no-signed-off-by-cc" => sub {$signed_off_by_cc = 0},
> "cc-cover|cc-cover!" => \$cover_cc,
> + "no-cc-cover" => sub {$cover_cc = 0},
> "to-cover|to-cover!" => \$cover_to,
> + "no-to-cover" => sub {$cover_to = 0},
> "confirm=s" => \$confirm,
> "dry-run" => \$dry_run,
> "envelope-sender=s" => \$envelope_sender,
> "thread!" => \$thread,
> + "no-thread" => sub {$thread = 0},
> "validate!" => \$validate,
> + "no-validate" => sub {$validate = 0},
> "transfer-encoding=s" => \$target_xfer_encoding,
> "format-patch!" => \$format_patch,
> + "no-format-patch" => sub {$format_patch = 0},
> "8bit-encoding=s" => \$auto_8bit_encoding,
> "compose-encoding=s" => \$compose_encoding,
> "force" => \$force,
> "xmailer!" => \$use_xmailer,
> + "no-xmailer" => sub {$use_xmailer = 0},
> );
>
> usage() if $help;
> --
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