Bug 1444969 - Help message should show default values
Summary: Help message should show default values
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: x509watch
Version: 24
Hardware: All
OS: All
unspecified
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Robert Scheck
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-04-24 16:01 UTC by John Horne
Modified: 2017-05-15 23:18 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version: x509watch-0.6.1-1.fc26 x509watch-0.6.1-1.fc24 x509watch-0.6.1-1.fc25 x509watch-0.6.1-1.el7 x509watch-0.6.1-1.el6
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Last Closed: 2017-05-04 13:31:39 UTC
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Description John Horne 2017-04-24 16:01:08 UTC
Description of problem:
The '--help' option doesn't show what the default values are for the '--period' and '--directory' options. (I had to download the source code and search for them.) It would be helpful if the values were displayed when using '--help'.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
x509watch-0.6.0-4.fc24.noarch
(x509watch-0.6.0-1.el7.noarch on RHEL7 server)

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
S. Install x509watch package
2. Type in 'x509watch --help'
3.

Actual results:
x509watch 0.6.0, (c) 2009-2013 by Robert Scheck
This program is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY;
you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General
Public License version 2 or later.

Usage: x509watch [OPTIONS]
  -p, --period=days     Number of days to be warned before
  -d, --directory=path  Recursive searched filesystem path
  -f, --file=path       Filesystem path to certificate file
  -i, --ignore=glob     Path with globbing of ignored files
  -n, --no-warning      Suppress all warnings during access
  -o, --openssl=path    Alternative path to OpenSSL binary
  -?, --help            Display this help and exit
  -V, --version         Output version information and exit

Locates soon expiring or already expired SSL certificates.

Expected results:
Default values for '-p' and '-d' options to be shown.
Perhaps something like:

Usage: x509watch [OPTIONS]
  -p, --period=days     Number of days to be warned before (default = 30)
  -d, --directory=path  Recursive searched filesystem path (default = /etc/pki)



Additional info:

Comment 1 Robert Scheck 2017-04-24 21:16:24 UTC
(In reply to John Horne from comment #0)
> The '--help' option doesn't show what the default values are for the
> '--period' and '--directory' options. (I had to download the source code and
> search for them.) It would be helpful if the values were displayed when
> using '--help'.

But after downloading the "source" you hopefully noticed, that it is a Perl 
script, thus you already had the source before? ;-) Nevertheless, I admit it
is a good enhancement idea, I will implement this for the next version.

Comment 2 John Horne 2017-04-25 09:06:03 UTC
I admit I did not check the 'x509watch' command itself to see what sort of file it was before downloading the source :-)
Anyway, thanks for accepting this request, and for the program itself.

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2017-04-30 13:36:00 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.fc26 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 26. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-2d2cfaf1ef

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2017-04-30 13:36:35 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.fc25 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 25. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-d0491d40ef

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2017-04-30 13:37:13 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.fc24 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 24. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-c3a025928e

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2017-04-30 13:37:48 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.el7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 7. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-1e254d638c

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2017-04-30 13:38:20 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.el6 has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 6. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-4fca9b0614

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2017-04-30 22:17:00 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-4fca9b0614

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2017-04-30 22:19:34 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2017-1e254d638c

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2017-04-30 22:52:43 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-c3a025928e

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2017-04-30 23:21:47 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-d0491d40ef

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2017-05-01 00:52:51 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-2d2cfaf1ef

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2017-05-04 13:31:39 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2017-05-08 22:23:05 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2017-05-08 22:32:23 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2017-05-15 13:54:12 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.el7 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 7 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 17 Fedora Update System 2017-05-15 23:18:43 UTC
x509watch-0.6.1-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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