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--- Begin Message ---Package: libpopt-dev Version: 1.14-4 Severity: wishlist The otherHelp field cannot be set, therefore poptPrintHelp always printf Usage: progname [OPTIONS...] and never prints an argument list. otherHelp is defined in poptint.h, but an utility is missing for setting it. Something like the following would suffice: void poptSetOtherHelp(poptContext con, const char *alt) { con->otherHelp = strdup(alt); } -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.3 APT prefers stable APT policy: (800, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26ale9 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libpopt-dev depends on: ii libc6-dev [libc-dev] 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Development Librari ii libpopt0 1.14-4 lib for parsing cmdline parameters libpopt-dev recommends no packages. libpopt-dev suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Control: notfound -1 1.14-4 On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:43:16 +0100 Alessandro Vesely <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: libpopt-dev > Version: 1.14-4 > Severity: wishlist > > The otherHelp field cannot be set, therefore poptPrintHelp always printf > > Usage: progname [OPTIONS...] > > and never prints an argument list. otherHelp is defined in poptint.h, but > an utility is missing for setting it. Something like the following would > suffice: > > void poptSetOtherHelp(poptContext con, const char *alt) > { > con->otherHelp = strdup(alt); > } > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: 5.0.3 > APT prefers stable > APT policy: (800, 'stable') > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.26ale9 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages libpopt-dev depends on: > ii libc6-dev [libc-dev] 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Development > Librari > ii libpopt0 1.14-4 lib for parsing cmdline > parameters > > libpopt-dev recommends no packages. > > libpopt-dev suggests no packages. > > -- no debconf information > > > If I'm reading this issue correctly, I believe this is a user issue, or perhaps bad documentation. The function is called "poptSetOtherOptionHelp" and the signature is void poptSetOtherOptionHelp(poptContext con, const char * text) The function has been there a long time, i could trace it as far back as version 1.1.1 (the git tags ended there). -- Håvard
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