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

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