Package: dpkg-dev Version: 1.14.20 Severity: minor
The options passed to the program are not handled in consistent manner. E.g. -lchangelogfile it's an error to specify: -l changelogfile Likewise for: -Fchangelogformat -Llibdir While it's allowed in: --format outputformat -v version -u version -f version -t version -n number -o number SUGGESTION Unify options handling to allow whitespace between OPTARG and VALUE: -<SINGLE ARG OPT>[space]VALUE Likewise for not requiring whitespace for single letter options: -<SINGLE ARG OPT>VALUE -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dpkg-dev depends on: ii binutils 2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 The GNU assembler, linker and bina ii bzip2 1.0.5-0.1 high-quality block-sorting file co ii cpio 2.9-13 GNU cpio -- a program to manage ar ii dpkg 1.14.20 Debian package management system ii libtimedate-perl 1.1600-9 Time and date functions for Perl ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii make 3.81-5 The GNU version of the "make" util ii patch 2.5.9-5 Apply a diff file to an original ii perl [perl5] 5.10.0-11.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii perl-modules 5.10.0-11.1 Core Perl modules Versions of packages dpkg-dev recommends: ii build-essential 11.4 Informational list of build-essent ii gcc [c-compiler] 4:4.3.1-2 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.1 [c-compiler] 4.1.2-23 The GNU C compiler ii gcc-4.3 [c-compiler] 4.3.1-2 The GNU C compiler Versions of packages dpkg-dev suggests: ii debian-keyring 2008.07.22 GnuPG (and obsolete PGP) keys of D ii gnupg 1.4.9-3 GNU privacy guard - a free PGP rep -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]