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-m option

by Lionel Fuentes :: Rate this Message:

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Hi,

I recently installed the "hello" package on my Ubuntu laptop, and then I saw
that "hello --help" mentions a "-m" option with the mention "read your
mail". However, typing "hello -m" reports that the option is invalid.
Furthermore, "-m" is absent from hello's manpage.

Did I find a bug in GNU's "Hello World" ? :p

Regards,

Lionel Fuentes

Re: -m option

by Karl Berry :: Rate this Message:

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Hi Lionel,

    Did I find a bug in GNU's "Hello World" ? :p

Thanks for the report, but I think you found a bug in Ubuntu's "port" of
Hello, not the upstream GNU Hello.  You don't mention any version
numbers, but the current GNU hello --help does not mention -m.

(I removed that option years ago.)

Best,
Karl