Bug 203109

Summary: -n option in manual page is misleading
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Nigel Horne <njh>
Component: cvsAssignee: Martin Stransky <stransky>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Ben Levenson <benl>
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Description Nigel Horne 2006-08-18 14:26:05 UTC
Description of problem:

According to 'man cvs', the -n option is "global", yet if you
try 'cvs update -n' you get a usage message which doesn't include
the -n option. Either -n isn't global, in which case the manual
is wrong, or it is, in which case the program is wrong.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
cvs-1.11.22-2.FC5


How reproducible:
Every time


Steps to Reproduce:
1. man cvs
2. cvs update -n
3.
  
Actual results:
update: invalid option -- n
Usage: cvs update [-APCdflRp] [-k kopt] [-r rev] [-D date] [-j rev]
    [-I ign] [-W spec] [files...]
        -A      Reset any sticky tags/date/kopts.
        -P      Prune empty directories.
        -C      Overwrite locally modified files with clean repository copies.
        -d      Build directories, like checkout does.
        -f      Force a head revision match if tag/date not found.
        -l      Local directory only, no recursion.
        -R      Process directories recursively.
        -p      Send updates to standard output (avoids stickiness).
        -k kopt Use RCS kopt -k option on checkout. (is sticky)
        -r rev  Update using specified revision/tag (is sticky).
        -D date Set date to update from (is sticky).
        -j rev  Merge in changes made between current revision and rev.
        -I ign  More files to ignore (! to reset).
        -W spec Wrappers specification line.
(Specify the --help global option for a list of other help options)



Expected results:
See 'man cvs' for the expected results.


Additional info:

Comment 1 Martin Stransky 2006-08-21 08:57:53 UTC
you have to use "cvs -n update"