diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1 b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1
index 0922c4b7..1da5912b 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
 .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
-.TH XORRISO 1 "January 27, 2008"
+.TH XORRISO 1 "February 3, 2008"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -745,15 +745,15 @@ for such failure is hardly ever in the code of the various
 burn programs but you may well try some of those listed below
 under SEE ALSO.
 .TP
-\fB\-commit_eject\fR
-Like -commit. But when writing has finished it does not make
--outdev the new -dev, and it loads no ISO image.  It rather ejects
--outdev and gives up -indev.
-.TP
 \fB\-eject\fR "in"|"out"|"all"
 Eject the media in -indev, resp. -outdev, resp. both drives.
 Note: It is not possible yet to effectively eject disk files.
 .TP
+\fB\-commit_eject\fR "in"|"out"|"all"|"none"
+Combined -commit and -eject. When writing has finished do not make
+-outdev the new -dev, and load no ISO image. Rather eject
+-indev and/or -outdev. Eventually give up any non-ejected drive.
+.TP
 \fB\-blank\fR mode
 Blank media resp. invalidate ISO image on media if not -dummy
 is activated.
@@ -950,6 +950,11 @@ ends of this potentially expandable range.
 It may become necessary to abort the program anyway, despite
 the setting by this option. Expect not many "ABORT" events to
 be ignorable.
+.br
+A special property of this option is that it works preemtive if given as
+program start argument. I.e. the first -abort_on setting among the
+start arguments is in effect already when the first operations of xorriso
+begin. Only "-abort_on" with dash "-" is recognized that way.
 .TP
 \fB\-report_about\fR severity
 Set the threshold for events to be reported.
@@ -960,6 +965,10 @@ reach the severity threshold of -abort_on .
 Event messages are sent to the info channel "I" which is usually stderr
 but may be influenced by command -pkt_output.
 Info messages which belong to no event get attributed severity "NOTE".
+.br
+A special property of this option is that the first -report_about setting
+among the start arguments is in effect already when the first operations
+of xorriso begin. Only "-report_about" with dash "-" is recognized that way.
 .TP
 .B Dialog mode control:
 .TP
diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.c b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.c
index 90509fe4..1fd9d242 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.c
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso.c
@@ -8897,7 +8897,7 @@ int Xorriso_prescan_args(struct XorrisO *xorriso, int argc, char **argv,
    1  ok, go on
 */
 {
- int i, ret, was_dashed;
+ int i, ret, was_dashed, was_report_about= 0, was_abort_on;
  char *cmd, *arg1;
 
  for(i=1+(flag&1);i<argc;i++) {
@@ -8949,6 +8949,19 @@ int Xorriso_prescan_args(struct XorrisO *xorriso, int argc, char **argv,
      Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "NOTE", 0);
      sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "Disabling use of libreadline.");
      Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "NOTE", 0);
+
+   } else if(strcmp(cmd,"abort_on")==0 && was_dashed) {
+     i++;
+     if(!was_abort_on)
+       Xorriso_option_abort_on(xorriso, arg1, 0);
+     was_abort_on= 1;
+
+   } else if(strcmp(cmd,"report_about")==0 && was_dashed) {
+     i++;
+     if(!was_report_about)
+       Xorriso_option_report_about(xorriso, arg1, 0);
+     was_report_about= 1;
+
    }
  }
  return(1);
diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
index be08b1c7..498dc809 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Xorriso_timestamP "2008.02.03.164916"
+#define Xorriso_timestamP "2008.02.03.181259"
diff --git a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c
index c9c8d57e..dca27c41 100644
--- a/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c
+++ b/libisoburn/trunk/xorriso/xorrisoburn.c
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ LIBISOBURN_MISCONFIGURATION_ = 0;
  Xorriso_process_msg_queues(xorriso,0);
  if(reason[0]) {
    sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "%s", reason);
-   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "NOTE", 0);
+   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "DEBUG", 0);
  }
 
  sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "Library startup done.\n");