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+From: David Bremner <david@tethera.net>\r
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+Subject: Re: [Patch v3 3/8] cli: let the user know which protocol is unknown\r
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+David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:\r
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+> From: Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org>\r
+>\r
+> The current error message is not helpful.\r
+\r
+pushed the first 3 patches in this series\r
+\r
+d\r