[syslinux] syslinux.exe 5.01: Does -o option not yet implemented?

[Ady]

> On 16/04/13 18:51, Regid Ichira wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 01:09:29PM -0400, Gene Cumm wrote:
> >> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Regid Ichira <regid23 at nt1.in> wrote:
> >>>     C:\syslinux>syslinux.exe -o xp c:
> >>>     At least one specified option not yet implemented for this installer.
> >>>
> >>>     C:\syslinux>syslinux.exe -o xp -d . c:
> >>>     At least one specified option not yet implemented for this installer.
> >>>
> >>> syslinux.cfg has a lebel xp statement.
> >>>
> >>>   Am I doing something wrong?  If not, shouldn't
> >>> http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX#NT.2F2K.2FXP
> >>> get fixed?
> >>
> >> Could you specify what version?
> >>
> > 
> > 
> > 5.01
> 
> Looks like this option hasn't ever worked for the win installer. Shao
> added the logic that prints the above error message in,
> 
> commit 07aafae7c67b32e432c26ff83279ec83e61592e4
> Author: Shao Miller <shao.miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca>
> Date:   Sat Jul 3 16:23:44 2010 -0400
> 
>     win32: Use libinstaller option parser
>     
>     We will produce an error message if a user attempts
>     to use an option we don't implement.
>     
>     Signed-off-by: Shao Miller <shao.miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca>
> 
> which made it into Syslinux-4.02.
> 
> Folks, should the wiki be updated?
> 

For syslinux.exe, _IIRC_ the current available (usable) options are:
--version
--help
--directory
--install
-smaf

IIRC, the other options are not yet implemented (but I could be 
misremembering).

When a specific option is not yet implemented, the result of 
executing such to-be-implemented command mentions this situation.

The wiki shows the result of executing "syslinux --help", awaiting 
for all the options to be actually usable.

If "--help" wouldn't show all the potential options, some users 
wouldn't even know of their existence (at least usable with the 
Linux-based installer).

This email thread seems to suggest that implementing these additional 
options in all SYSLINUX installers might be desirable for at least 
some users.

Regards,
Ady.