[Bug 361068] [NEW] obextool wrapper arbitrarily performs lengthy scans

[gatopeich]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: obextool

obextool wrapper is assuming that the only way to specify OBEXCMD is by
env var, and performs time wasting scans even when just invoked with
--help.

* Arbitrarily performs all scans (bluetooth & irda) also when just
invoked with "--help".

* Wrongly assumes that it is missing OBEXCMD info even when --obexcmd
option is provided. While trying to be helpful, this unsolicited
scanning becomes an annoyance.

  $ obextool --obexcmd "obexftp -b 11:22:33:44:55:66"
  Define OBEXCMD environment variable to disable this scan!
  Scanning for Irda devices
<~10 seconds>
  Scanning for bluetooth devices
<~10 seconds>
  Using obexftp command: /usr/bin/obexftp -t /dev/ttyS0
  Found ObexTool version 0.33 ...
  Found configuration file /etc/obextool/obextool.cfg version 0.33 ...
  Found configuration file /etc/obextool/obextool.typ version 0.33 ...
  Found configuration file /etc/obextool/obextool.ext version 0.33 ...

This makes it very hard to invoke obextool from Thunar and other X
applications, which require yet another wrapper.

** Affects: obextool (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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obextool wrapper arbitrarily performs lengthy scans
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/361068
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