Bug#902399: autopkgtest --help usage differs from manpage (order of testsrc and [testbinary...])
Package: autopkgtest
Version: 5.3.1
Severity: normal
The --help usage suggests that the testbinary files should go before
the testsrc. the manpage suggests the other ordering:
0 dkg@alice:~$ autopkgtest --help | head -n1
usage: autopkgtest [options] [testbinary ...] testsrc -- virt-server [options]
0 dkg@alice:~$ man autopkgtest | grep -A2 ^SYNOPSIS
SYNOPSIS
autopkgtest [options...] testsrc [testbinary...] -- virt-server
[virt-server-arg...]
0 dkg@alice:~$
It's quite possible that both are intended to work. however, it would
be cleaner if the documentation would pick one form and stick to it
to avoid confusion.
thanks for maintaining autopkgtest for debian,
--dkg
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers testing-debug
APT policy: (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'oldstable'), (200, 'unstable-debug'), (200, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental-debug'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 4.16.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages autopkgtest depends on:
ii apt-utils 1.6.1
ii libdpkg-perl 1.19.0.5
ii procps 2:3.3.15-2
ii python3 3.6.5-3
ii python3-debian 0.1.32
Versions of packages autopkgtest recommends:
pn autodep8 <none>
Versions of packages autopkgtest suggests:
ii lxc 1:2.0.9-6
pn lxd-client <none>
ii qemu-system 1:2.12+dfsg-3
ii qemu-utils 1:2.12+dfsg-3
pn schroot <none>
-- no debconf information
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