On Thu, Jan 10, 2008 at 08:38:17PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > Package: dhcp3-client > Version: 3.0.6.dfsg-1 > Severity: minor > > piper:~> /sbin/dhclient3 --help 2>/dev/null || echo $? > 1 > > That's wrong. The help call was successful, so it should return 0.
That's debateable. Nowhere is it said that --help is a valid option.
Looking at the way the usage message is coded:
static void usage ()
{
log_info ("%s %s", message, DHCP_VERSION);
log_info (copyright);
log_info (arr);
log_info (url);
log_error ("Usage: dhclient [-1dqrx] [-nw] [-p <port>] %s",
"[-s server]");
log_error (" [-cf config-file] [-lf lease-file]%s",
"[-pf pid-file] [-e VAR=val]");
log_fatal (" [-sf script-file] [interface]");
}
This explains why you're seeing stuff on stdout, and why you're getting a
non-zero return code.
This is obviously an upstream issue, and I think it's matter of person
style. I'll forward it upstream, but I wouldn't be surprised if they're not
interested in fixing it.
regards
Andrew
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