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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.20.7.1
Severity: wishlist
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
dpkg-divert is too sensitive to the order of the command line parameters.
Since I only use it rarely, I almost always run into:
# dpkg-divert --add /wooo --divert /yeah --rename
dpkg-divert: warning: please specify --no-rename explicitly, the default will
change to --rename in 1.20.x
dpkg-divert: error: --add needs a single argument
Use --help for help about diverting files.
The fix is to move --add last. But neither the error nor the manpage makes
that clear.
Ross
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On Thu, 2021-09-02 at 10:12:17 -0700, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 04:16:36AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > On Mon, 2021-03-08 at 22:35:49 -0800, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> > > dpkg-divert is too sensitive to the order of the command line parameters.
> > > Since I only use it rarely, I almost always run into:
> > >
> > > # dpkg-divert --add /wooo --divert /yeah --rename
> > > dpkg-divert: warning: please specify --no-rename explicitly, the
> > > default will change to --rename in 1.20.x
> > > dpkg-divert: error: --add needs a single argument
> > >
> > > Use --help for help about diverting files.
> > >
> > > The fix is to move --add last. But neither the error nor the manpage
> > > makes
> > > that clear.
> >
> > Both the man page and the --help output mention that the usage is:
> >
> > dpkg-divert [<option>...] <command>
> >
> > And then go to list the commands and options on their respective
> > sections. While I guess I could add a hint or similar on the error
> > message (because modifying the way this is parsed would be a pain),
> > that seems it would be too specific for such a generic message. So
> > I'm inclined to leave it as is, TBH. If you have an alternative
> > suggestion I'm happy to consider, otherwise I'm afraid I'll just
> > going to close the report.
>
> I don't have any good suggestions - I think usage would be more obvious
> if the commands weren't prefixed with dashes, but that would cause much
> worse breakage. If the parsing is too hard to change, then leaving it
> as-is is sounds reasonable.
>
> Thanks for thinking about it, feel free to close.
Closing this now.
Thanks,
Guillem
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