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elftcl: add -i flag to ignore unknown flags
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Authored by emaste on Jan 13 2021, 3:29 AM.
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This may allow an identical elfctl invocation to be used on multiple FreeBSD versions, with features not implemented on older releases being silently ignored.

PR: 252629 (related)
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

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usr.bin/elfctl/elfctl.c
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Add -i flag there ?

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I suggest to print something anyway, so e.g. typos are still being caught. May be add quit mode where nothing is printed at all but I am not sure it is needed.

leave warning in place with -i, per kib

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jan 13 2021, 5:03 AM
This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes.