Package: lockfile-progs Version: 0.1.15 Severity: normal The manpage claims that lockfile-create, lockfile-remove, lockfile-touch, and lockfile-check support the -p and --use-pid options.
In reality, -p is not supported anywhere, and --use-pid only by lockfile-create and lockfile-check: michael@declan:~$ lockfile-create --use-pid foo michael@declan:~$ lockfile-check --use-pid foo michael@declan:~$ lockfile-touch --use-pid foo usage: lockfile-touch [--oneshot] [--lock-name] file michael@declan:~$ lockfile-remove --use-pid foo usage: lockfile-remove [--lock-name] file michael@declan:~$ rm foo.lock removed `foo.lock' michael@declan:~$ lockfile-create -p foo lockfile-create: invalid option -- 'p' usage: lockfile-create [--use-pid] [--retry retry-count] [--lock-name] file michael@declan:~$ lockfile-check -p foo lockfile-check: invalid option -- 'p' usage: lockfile-check [--use-pid] [--lock-name] file michael@declan:~$ lockfile-touch -p foo lockfile-touch: invalid option -- 'p' usage: lockfile-touch [--oneshot] [--lock-name] file michael@declan:~$ lockfile-remove -p foo lockfile-remove: invalid option -- 'p' usage: lockfile-remove [--lock-name] file -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0.5 APT prefers stable-updates APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable'), (490, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages lockfile-progs depends on: ii libc6 2.11.3-3 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii liblockfile1 1.08-4 NFS-safe locking library, includes lockfile-progs recommends no packages. lockfile-progs suggests no packages. -- debconf-show failed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org