On Sun, 5 Jun 2011, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
Package: xterm Version: 270-1 Severity: normal If one uses the -h or -v option, but not as the first option, xterm doesn't quit immediately.
fwiw, the manpage alludes to this (it doesn't say that xterm exits after doing either of those operations). The original change that we're talking about was Debian #110226 -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net