It still isn't fixed even in 9.0.8:
$ cal -M
Usage: cal [general options] [-jy] [[month] year]
cal [general options] [-j] [-m month] [year]
ncal [general options] [-bhJjpwySM] [-H yyyy-mm-dd] [-s
country_code] [[month] year]
ncal [general options] [-bhJeoSM] [year]
General options: [-C31] [-A months] [-B months] [-d yyyy-mm]
$ dpkg -s bsdmainutils | grep Version
Version: 9.0.8
On 11 March 2016 at 13:21, Debian Bug Tracking System
<ow...@bugs.debian.org> wrote:
> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report
> which was filed against the bsdmainutils package:
>
> #783470: Behaviour should not depend on order of options
>
> It has been closed by Michael Meskes <mes...@debian.org>.
>
> Their explanation is attached below along with your original report.
> If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a
> better one in a separate message then please contact Michael Meskes
> <mes...@debian.org> by
> replying to this email.
>
>
> --
> 783470: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=783470
> Debian Bug Tracking System
> Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Michael Meskes <mes...@debian.org>
> To: 783470-cl...@bugs.debian.org
> Cc:
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:19:20 +0000
> Subject: Bug#783470: fixed in bsdmainutils 9.0.7
> Source: bsdmainutils
> Source-Version: 9.0.7
>
> We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
> bsdmainutils, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
>
> A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
> attached.
>
> Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
> have further comments please address them to 783...@bugs.debian.org,
> and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
>
> Debian distribution maintenance software
> pp.
> Michael Meskes <mes...@debian.org> (supplier of updated bsdmainutils package)
>
> (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
> believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
> administrators by mailing ftpmas...@ftp-master.debian.org)
>
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA256
>
> Format: 1.8
> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:01:23 +0100
> Source: bsdmainutils
> Binary: bsdmainutils
> Architecture: source amd64
> Version: 9.0.7
> Distribution: unstable
> Urgency: medium
> Maintainer: Debian Bsdmainutils Team <pkg-bsdmainut...@teams.debian.net>
> Changed-By: Michael Meskes <mes...@debian.org>
> Description:
> bsdmainutils - collection of more utilities from FreeBSD
> Closes: 570036 627481 688078 739915 783470 784734 806846
> Changes:
> bsdmainutils (9.0.7) unstable; urgency=medium
> .
> * Updated calendar and lorder from OpenBSD.
> * Bumped Standards-Version to 3.9.7, no changes needed.
> * (Printer)Banner will probably always be ascii only, so let's document it.
> (Closes: #570036)
> * Removed entries with unparsable dates from UK calendar. (Closes: #806846)
> * Ignore escape sequences when calculating length of entry. (Closes:
> #627481)
> * Combine patches that handle first day of week.
> * Dynamically allocate buffer to reduce stack size. (Closes: #784734)
> * Cleanup usage of conflicting options. (Closes: #688078, #783470)
> * Updated to delbhelper 9.
> * Document fall back on system-wide default. (Closes: #739915)
> * Use changelog date instead of current date when building jewish
> calendars.
> Checksums-Sha1:
> 0582c85adc80cf1effb5e890d3980c2a8adcc511 1712 bsdmainutils_9.0.7.dsc
> 8bbb2f2e03a9e1c5305bde44a3bded2a70d81123 282354 bsdmainutils_9.0.7.tar.gz
> 7dd76d44842d0137e59fae43e2791f5eac972cf3 115008
> bsdmainutils-dbgsym_9.0.7_amd64.deb
> 5a210beab54813f8a65db56bf5d3ddf9d98e9cc9 184006 bsdmainutils_9.0.7_amd64.deb
> Checksums-Sha256:
> dab2ba83f085c23477f7dff164a9549f89f0cbc1c42aa82b85c3e5dbb2b41cc1 1712
> bsdmainutils_9.0.7.dsc
> c2ef9e01c3ef645acbb9985a116603123f03f8b4a6ea763cbce143b8863fbcbe 282354
> bsdmainutils_9.0.7.tar.gz
> 7546d69ea703390d8b11f598b8d4a296fd9e7162ca4c5c370a3b31b3fb64d615 115008
> bsdmainutils-dbgsym_9.0.7_amd64.deb
> ef4118127c20af97c6195fecd07c1d3c46c2a64b42c2bc33b53a68dafd0dfd50 184006
> bsdmainutils_9.0.7_amd64.deb
> Files:
> c4ae88ef9ad8c2c16aacb24c2e2a9cc3 1712 utils important bsdmainutils_9.0.7.dsc
> 50008d0107dd89d25c078d3d1f7f1059 282354 utils important
> bsdmainutils_9.0.7.tar.gz
> acccac53663093556c8d78c7a228b86e 115008 debug extra
> bsdmainutils-dbgsym_9.0.7_amd64.deb
> 60f7c313f0f3f86263db8c60ade01db5 184006 utils important
> bsdmainutils_9.0.7_amd64.deb
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1
>
> iQIVAwUBVuK01zXYV8C7yzslAQgHyw/+IiJL9ALPj7Y/SGBb5b6a6AUFzwiOtVVM
> 7niPwZyQx3ezhAkNAmyG+K2f3LhN1fGqj275le8AgjnYkAAc6UMEqgJy2NgBhCUu
> TPDUIcTTvMhIscOgp8SwIZlNv/mjO3y9IrtIbo5II1zrRVQKgwOPtDXpEqg4DbAW
> a/fdALVrO45dJmQYhX5wxq9f75ZRGj7cXwmGV4kdngm5pT60LGqs5s/Zkbg2oI7t
> F7xA+gH9UriGSw9nnWp5viabEaydRWLGTC5O+N34YrQkv5mjoBKDMJPciGLkeaqA
> l1YwmVw7ed78wBKVCQVZf1DevP2T99ZmkLeple8geoWcUyUykpyHWyP8DZT5RPfd
> JMKCiZs0xNxzpu1wyjQWHAHcPPmb8XmEO4GDqznX2YEWhiqF/P0FOhi46RIWl+Mu
> 9wd+ahV92RuoYX0Rh/PM8A/iTVg7y3hVIif2euOxFKxymtkxHVxp9muJp3zjw5lu
> KkEEAE1OOBmSGLoDpe/jAWD7SRglo6+NEw5sSURurGCUvdFueNTOcmK/2ghFN9Qe
> jf58+kFFNbxrAdZTcH86t8vv7XJEnYqzcpXmy/ce71h5TNlitcF8d90ncHT88Z4P
> dGt1TRz+ppoAAR+gv3LQ0dtSTwWrc9R12bMaYNgpsePe3RG8U+C9ilhQYSMySWSN
> T/w7R0zWgN8=
> =oalZ
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Yury Akudovich <yori...@gmail.com>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org>
> Cc:
> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 11:52:09 +0200
> Subject: bsdmainutils: Option -M is listed in man but unknown by binary
> /usr/bin/cal
> Package: bsdmainutils
> Version: 9.0.6
> Severity: normal
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
>
> There is no way to start weeks on Monday now, but there should be on by
> docs.
>
> >From `man cal`:
> -M Weeks start on Monday.
>
> Trying to execute:
> $ cal -M
> Usage: cal [general options] [-hjy] [[month] year]
> cal [general options] [-hj] [-m month] [year]
> ncal [general options] [-bhJjpwySM] [-s country_code] [[month] year]
> ncal [general options] [-bhJeoSM] [year]
> General options: [-NC31] [-A months] [-B months]
> For debug the highlighting: [-H yyyy-mm-dd] [-d yyyy-mm]
>
>
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 8.0
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
>
> Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
> Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
> Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)
>
> Versions of packages bsdmainutils depends on:
> ii bsdutils 1:2.25.2-6
> ii debianutils 4.4+b1
> ii libc6 2.19-18
> ii libncurses5 5.9+20140913-1+b1
> ii libtinfo5 5.9+20140913-1+b1
>
> bsdmainutils recommends no packages.
>
> Versions of packages bsdmainutils suggests:
> ii cpp 4:4.9.2-2
> pn vacation <none>
> pn wamerican | wordlist <none>
> ii whois 5.2.7
>
> -- no debconf information
>
--
With best regards,
Yury Akudovich
