Bug 1212766

Summary:	clarify daemon() usage message
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Filip Krska <fkrska>
Component:	initscripts	Assignee:	initscripts Maintenance Team <initscripts-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Jan Ščotka <jscotka>
Severity:	low	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	7.2	CC:	jscotka, lnykryn, qe-baseos-daemons
Target Milestone:	rc	Keywords:	Documentation, EasyFix, Patch
Target Release:	---
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:	initscripts-9.49.25-1.el7	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	meh just a nicer help message - Usage: daemon [+/-nicelevel] {program}" + Usage: daemon [+/-nicelevel] {program}" "[arg1]..."	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:	1212751	Environment:
Last Closed:	2015-11-19 11:29:58 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Bug Depends On:	1212751
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Description Filip Krska 2015-04-17 09:53:14 UTC

the same with initscripts-9.49.24-1.el7

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1212751 +++

Description of problem:

daemon()'s usage message is not clear enough so initscripts developer can think it expects program and its arguments should be provided in one argument. See Bug 1186724

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

initscripts-9.03.49


How reproducible:

always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.

# . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

2.

# daemon --gggg

3. or

# type daemon

Actual results:

-bash: Usage: daemon [+/-nicelevel] {program}


Expected results:

-bash: Usage: daemon [+/-nicelevel] {program} [arg1]...


Additional info:

--- Additional comment from Filip Krska on 2015-04-17 05:47:03 EDT ---

Comment 1 Lukáš Nykrýn 2015-05-06 11:47:57 UTC

https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/initscripts.git/commit/?h=rhel7-branch&id=592a807

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2015-11-19 11:29:58 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-2134.html