Description of Problem: output from `/usr/bin/xargs --help` appears to be missing the trailing newline Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): findutils-4.1.7-6 (verified in rawhide version as well, likely has not been fixed in any recent builds) How Reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. run `xargs --help`, observe output Actual Results: [root@caprice:~/tet]# xargs --help Usage: xargs [-0prtx] [-e[eof-str]] [-i[replace-str]] [-l[max-lines]] [-n max-args] [-s max-chars] [-P max-procs] [--null] [--eof[=eof-str]] [--replace[=replace-str]] [--max-lines[=max-lines]] [--interactive] [--max-chars=max-chars] [--verbose] [--exit] [--max-procs=max-procs] [--max-args=max-args] [--no-run-if-empty] [--version] [--help] [command [initial-arguments]] Report bugs to <bug-findutils>.[root@caprice:~/tet]# Expected Results: [root@caprice:~/tet]# xargs --help Usage: xargs [-0prtx] [-e[eof-str]] [-i[replace-str]] [-l[max-lines]] [-n max-args] [-s max-chars] [-P max-procs] [--null] [--eof[=eof-str]] [--replace[=replace-str]] [--max-lines[=max-lines]] [--interactive] [--max-chars=max-chars] [--verbose] [--exit] [--max-procs=max-procs] [--max-args=max-args] [--no-run-if-empty] [--version] [--help] [command [initial-arguments]] Report bugs to <bug-findutils>. [root@caprice:~/tet]# (note the diff is only in the last character printed.) Additional Information:
changing QA owner; I'm not taking the rest of the related packages/bugs, but it seems reasonably to keep an eye on this for the time being.
Fixed in 4.1.7-7.
fix verified in findutils-4.1.7-7. Closing as resolved/rawhide.