Am Samstag, den 26.01.2013, 16:54 +0100 schrieb Mathieu Malaterre: > On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 1:45 AM, Benjamin Drung <bdr...@debian.org> wrote: > > Am Montag, den 31.12.2012, 16:01 +0100 schrieb Mathieu Malaterre: > >> Package: distro-info > >> Version: 0.9~bpo60+1 > >> Severity: normal > >> > >> > >> As per man page one should be able to use: > >> > >> -c, --codename > >> print the codename (default) > >> > >> -r, --release > >> print the release version > >> > >> -f, --fullname > >> print the full name > >> > >> > >> However those options always leads to: > >> > >> $ distro-info --fullname > >> debian-distro-info: You have to select exactly one of --alias, --all, > >> --devel, --oldstable, --stable, --supported, --testing, --unsupported. > > > > -c, -r, and -f modify the output format. You still have to specify one > > of the above options. You specified none of the above. Do you want to > > list all distributions? Do you want to know testing? > > > > Can you suggest how to improve the error message? > > Indeed this is not quite trivial. I am starring at `man printf`, and > they make a distinction in between [FORMAT] and [ARGUMENT].
We could split the options into [FORMAT] and [OPTIONS]. The synopsis would be "distro-info [FORMAT] [OPTIONS]" then. The order of the options do not matter, so "distro-info [OPTIONS] [FORMAT]" will work as well. So I am not fully convinced. > Another solution would be to add an EXAMPLES section with shows a call > with --codename and the other with --release Yes, adding an example section would be a good idea. PS: Patches are always welcome. -- Benjamin Drung Debian & Ubuntu Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
