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Description of problem: The rhsm-icon --help "Usage" statement is misleading Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): [root@jsefler-onprem-5server ~]# rpm -q subscription-manager-gnome subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.10-1.git.0.5d83904.el5 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: [root@jsefler-onprem-5server ~]# rhsm-icon --help | grep -i usage -A1 Usage: rhsm-icon [OPTION...] rhsm icon ^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ DELETE THESE CHARS Expected results: rhsm-icon [OPTIONS]
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OPTION... is a valid way to indicate that you can supply a list of options, and it would be way too troublesome to change anyways (we'd have to format and carry around all of the options and their localizations, rather than letting glib take care of a lot of it for us). I'll drop "rhsm icon" from the output though!
Expected results: rhsm-icon [OPTIONS] ^ pluralize rather than ... This is more consistent with our other tools. for example: # rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm --help | grep -i usage -A1 Usage: rhn-migrate-classic-to-rhsm [OPTIONS] # subscription-manager --help | grep -i usage -A1 Usage: subscription-manager MODULE-NAME [MODULE-OPTIONS] [--help] # subscription-manager-gui --help | grep -i usage -A1 Usage: subscription-manager-gui [options]
But it is consistent with any other app that uses glib's option parser, and just like the --display bug, trying to change it would require use to carry around the full help text, and get it translated, etc.
Fixed (the rhsm-icon part at least) in 1.0.3, 724ecb
testing with: subscription-manager-gui-1.0.4-1.git.3.1768f90.el5 [root@jmolet-vm0 rhsm]# rhsm-icon --help Usage: rhsm-icon [OPTION...] "rhsm icon" has been dropped from the ending of the usage string The ellipses after the option list are consistent with other programs: xanadu|~| ❯ curl --help Usage: curl [options...] <url> xanadu|~| ❯ firefox --help Usage: /usr/lib64/firefox-3.6/firefox [ options ... ] [URL] though broadly there isn't any strict convention for this. marking VERIFIED.
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. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0033.html