Note that -X stdin_descr stretches the original intent of the -X option.

svn path=/trunk/; revision=32390

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/capture_ui_utils.c b/capture_ui_utils.c
index f6ff8c3fb8..c8f9be7dc8 100644
--- a/capture_ui_utils.c
+++ b/capture_ui_utils.c
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@ get_interface_descriptive_name(const char *if_name)
     /* Yes - make a copy of that. */
     descr = g_strdup(descr);
   } else if (strcmp(if_name, "-") == 0) {
+    /*
+     * Strictly speaking, -X (extension) options are for modules, e.g. Lua
+     * and using one here stretches that definition. However, this doesn't
+     * waste a single-letter option on something that might be rarely used
+     * and is backward-compatible to 1.0.
+     */
     descr = g_strdup(ex_opt_get_nth("stdin_descr", 0));
     if (!descr) {
       descr = g_strdup("Standard input");