Bug#553675: openssh-client: [ssh] Send --help to stdout, not stderr

[Jari Aalto <jari.aalto@cante.net>]

Package: openssh-client
Version: 1:5.1p1-7
Severity: normal


This can be expected to appear in stderr:

     $ ssh -8
     sh: illegal option -- 8
     usage: ssh [-1246AaCfgKkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c cipher_spec]

But this should go to stdout, not stderr:

     $ ssh --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 openssh-client depends on:
ii  adduser                3.111             add and remove users and groups
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.27            Debian configuration management sy
ii  dpkg                   1.15.4            Debian package management system
ii  libc6                  2.9-25            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libcomerr2             1.41.9-1          common error description library
ii  libedit2               2.11-20080614-1   BSD editline and history libraries
ii  libgssapi-krb5-2       1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - k
ii  libk5crypto3           1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries - C
ii  libkrb5-3              1.7dfsg~beta3-1   MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii  libncurses5            5.7+20090803-2    shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libssl0.9.8            0.9.8k-5          SSL shared libraries
ii  passwd                 1:4.1.4.2-1       change and administer password and
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages openssh-client recommends:
ii  openssh-blacklist             0.4.1      list of default blacklisted OpenSS
ii  openssh-blacklist-extra       0.4.1      list of non-default blacklisted Op
ii  xauth                         1:1.0.3-2  X authentication utility

Versions of packages openssh-client suggests:
pn  keychain                      <none>     (no description available)
pn  libpam-ssh                    <none>     (no description available)
pn  ssh-askpass                   <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information