Public bug reported:
GNU parallel prints a very long message on stdin when invoked. This
message does not benefit the user in any way and should be removed.
The message can be suppressed with --will-cite, but the manpage suggests this
creates a legal obligation:
However, if you pay 10000 EUR, you have done your part to finance future
development and should feel free to use --will-cite in scripts
Best is to remove the message, as well as the --will-cite and --citation
stuff from the source and the manpages.
I'm happy to submit a patch if others agree.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: parallel 20161222-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Mon Jul 2 16:46:46 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-23 (101 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Alpha amd64 (20180306.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: parallel
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: parallel (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic
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