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Re: Is it worth reporting a bug just for that ?



Previously Thierry Laronde wrote:
> When one invokes the program without any argument just in order to
> obtain usage, the - verbose - output is sent via STDERR rather than
> STDOUT, obstructing the use of a pager unless one redirects channel 2
> to channel 1.

It is an error since you didn't give the program proper options, and
yes, stderr is the only right place for that error to be sent to.

I'ld file a bugreport if a program send it elsewhere actually..

Wichert.

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