Bug#553673: xserver-xephyr: send -help to stdout, not stderr

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Bug#553673: xserver-xephyr: send -help to stdout, not stderr

by Jari Aalto-5 :: Rate this Message:

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Package: xserver-xephyr
Version: 2:1.6.4-2
Severity: normal


This fails:

    /usr/bin/Xephyr --help | less

Please chnage the -help option to send text to stdout, not stderr.
See GNU cp(1), ls(1) etc.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages xserver-xephyr depends on:
ii  libaudit0                     1.7.13-1   Dynamic library for security audit
ii  libc6                         2.9-25     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdbus-1-3                   1.2.16-2   simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libdrm2                       2.4.13-1   Userspace interface to kernel DRM
ii  libfontenc1                   1:1.0.4-3  X11 font encoding library
ii  libgcrypt11                   1.4.4-4    LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii  libgl1-mesa-glx [libgl1]      7.6-1      A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  libhal1                       0.5.13-3   Hardware Abstraction Layer - share
ii  libpixman-1-0                 0.16.2-1   pixel-manipulation library for X a
ii  libselinux1                   2.0.85-4   SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libx11-6                      2:1.2.2-1  X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                       1:1.0.5-1  X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6                     1:1.0.2-3  X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  libxext6                      2:1.0.4-1  X11 miscellaneous extension librar
ii  libxfont1                     1:1.4.0-2  X11 font rasterisation library
ii  libxv1                        2:1.0.4-1  X11 Video extension library
ii  xserver-common                2:1.6.4-2  common files used by various X ser

Versions of packages xserver-xephyr recommends:
ii  libgl1-mesa-dri               7.6-1      A free implementation of the OpenG
ii  xbase-clients                 1:7.4+4    miscellaneous X clients - metapack

xserver-xephyr suggests no packages.

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Bug#553673: xserver-xephyr: send -help to stdout, not stderr

by Julien Cristau-6 :: Rate this Message:

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tag 553673 upstream
severity 553673 wishlist
kthxbye

On Sun, Nov  1, 2009 at 22:46:59 +0200, Jari Aalto wrote:

> Package: xserver-xephyr
> Version: 2:1.6.4-2
> Severity: normal
>
>
> This fails:
>
>     /usr/bin/Xephyr --help | less
>
> Please chnage the -help option to send text to stdout, not stderr.
> See GNU cp(1), ls(1) etc.
>
See http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Documentation/SubmittingPatches

Cheers,
Julien



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Processed: Re: Bug#553673: xserver-xephyr: send -help to stdout, not stderr

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Processing commands for control@...:

> tag 553673 upstream
Bug #553673 [xserver-xephyr] xserver-xephyr: send -help to stdout, not stderr
Added tag(s) upstream.
> severity 553673 wishlist
Bug #553673 [xserver-xephyr] xserver-xephyr: send -help to stdout, not stderr
Severity set to 'wishlist' from 'normal'

> kthxbye
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