Hi! On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 02:20:48 +0800, jida...@jidanni.org wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.17.1 > Severity: wishlist > File: /usr/bin/dpkg-deb
> Maybe just tell the user > usage: -X, --vextract archive directory > instead of this 'two step torture': Well, it's documented on the --help output and on the man page, I don't think this really qualifies as torture… > # dpkg-deb -X > dpkg-deb: error: --vextract needs a .deb filename argument > > Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; > Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages. > # dpkg-deb -X /var/cache/apt/archives/googleearth-package_1.0.0_all.deb > dpkg-deb: error: --vextract needs a target directory. > Perhaps you should be using dpkg --install ? You already reported this some time ago in #380018, but to be fair I do think these error messages deserve to be fixed, so that's what I've done now, and IMO the bug was inapropriately closed back then. The fix will be included in 1.17.2. I'm reviewing all other badusage() invocations to check for similar unclear messages. Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
