Bug 62234 - --usage shows only some of the command line options
Summary: --usage shows only some of the command line options
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: popt
Version: 7.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
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Blocks: 61758 61762
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Reported: 2002-03-28 17:45 UTC by Mihai Ibanescu
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:38 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2002-05-15 19:40:52 UTC
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Example source file that displays the odd behaviour of --usage (561 bytes, text/plain)
2002-03-28 17:46 UTC, Mihai Ibanescu 		no flags Details
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Description Mihai Ibanescu 2002-03-28 17:45:17 UTC 
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Description of problem:
--usage has a weird preference on showing command line options. See attached
test program.

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run the attached program.
	

Actual Results:  [misa@roadrunner py-popt]$ ./t --help
Usage: t [OPTION...]
  --longonly          Descrip
  -u, --longshort     Descrip
  -v=INT              Descrip
  -x                  Descrip

Help options:
  -?, --help          Show this help message
  --usage             Display brief usage message

[misa@roadrunner py-popt]$ ./t --usage
Usage: t [--usage] [--longonly] [-v INT]


Expected Results:  --longshort and -x should have showed up in the usage too.

Additional info:

$ rpm -q popt
popt-1.6.4-7x
Comment 1 Mihai Ibanescu 2002-03-28 17:46:13 UTC 
Created attachment 51193 [details]
Example source file that displays the odd behaviour of --usage
Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2002-07-25 18:24:31 UTC 
In popt-1.7-0.56, the test program should (now) display:

Usage: t62234 [-?|--help] [--usage] [--longonly] [-u|--longshort] [-v INT]
        [-x]
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