Bug#1032811: Document when --output=FILE won't work
Package: reportbug
Version: 11.6.0
Severity: minor
Man page says:
-o FILE, --output=FILE
Instead of sending an email, redirect it to the specified file‐
name.
The output file is a full dump of the email message, so it con‐
tains both headers and mail body. If you want to use it as a
template to create a new bug report, see the --resume-saved op‐
tion.
OK, but there should be some mention of when it won't work:
$ HOME=/dev/null reportbug --template ca-certificates --output=/tmp/z|wc - /tmp/z
Thank you for using reportbug
127 143 9410 -
wc: /tmp/z: No such file or directory
127 143 9410 total
$ HOME=/dev/null reportbug ca-certificates --output=/tmp/z --template|wc - /tmp/z
Thank you for using reportbug
127 143 9410 -
wc: /tmp/z: No such file or directory
127 143 9410 total
In fact there could even be some STDERR output too, saying what is going on.
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