Package: cpio
Version: 2.13+dfsg-4
Severity: normal
Tags: upstream
"cpio --help" provides the following information:
Main operation mode:
-i, --extract Extract files from an archive (run in copy-in
mode)
-o, --create Create the archive (run in copy-out mode)
-p, --pass-through Run in copy-pass mode
-t, --list Print a table of contents of the input
however, "man cpio" does not describe the "--list" option, and the "-t"
equivalent
is only implicitly mentioned:
The operation mode is requested by one of the following options:
-o, --create
Copy-out. Read a list of file names from the standard input and create
on the standard
output (unless overridden by the --file option) an archive containing
these files.
-i, --extract
Copy-in. Read the archive from standard input (or from the file
supplied with the --file
option) and extract files from it, or (if the -t option is given) list
its contents to
the standard output. If one or more patterns are supplied, read or list
only files
matching these patterns. The -t option alone implies -i.
-p, --pass-through
Pass-through. Read a list of file names from the standard input and
copy them to the
specified directory.
the only mention of the "--list" option is in the SYNOPSIS section of the
manual page,
but it is not explained, or specified as the equivalent of "-t".
the manual page should be rewritten to match the description given by "cpio
--help",
which makes clear that "-t" / "--list" is one of the main operating modes of
the cpio
command, and not some kind of minor variation of the "--extract" mode.
related bugs:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=558149
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=755552
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'),
(500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.8.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages cpio depends on:
ii libc6 2.31-3
cpio recommends no packages.
Versions of packages cpio suggests:
pn libarchive1 <none>
-- no debconf information
