Package: kbd
Version: 1.15.3-6
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
When running openvt with an invalid option, it prints an error
message, but quits with exit code 0, indicating success.
This seems wrong to me. I would expect en error exit code, so that
e.g. shell scripts could handle the error.
It behaved correctly in earlier versions (at least in Debian 5.0).
Example:
[davidk@rigel ~]$ openvt -a ; echo Exit code was: $?
openvt: invalid option -- 'a'
Usage: openvt [OPTIONS] -- command
This utility help you to start a program on a new virtual terminal (VT).
Options:
-c, --console=NUM use the given VT number;
-f, --force force opening a VT without checking;
-l, --login make the command a login shell;
-u, --user figure out the owner of the current VT;
-s, --switch switch to the new VT;
-w, --wait wait for command to complete;
-v, --verbose print a message for each action;
-V, --version print program version and exit;
-h, --help output a brief help message.
Exit code was: 0
[davidk@rigel ~]$
With best regards from
David Kaasen.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages kbd depends on:
ii console-setup 1.70
ii libc6 2.13-18
ii lsb-base 3.2-28
Versions of packages kbd recommends:
ii console-setup 1.70
kbd suggests no packages.
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