bug#21749: printf --help not working

2015-10-24 Thread Eric Blake
tag 21749 notabug thanks On 10/24/2015 04:36 AM, Andreas Kern wrote: > steps to reproduce > > run `printf --help` That's probably running your shell's builtin printf, rather than the one from coreutils. Try: env printf --help or /bin/printf --help and to see the difference, try: type p

bug#21749: printf --help not working

2015-10-24 Thread Andreas Kern
steps to reproduce run `printf --help` actual output (nothing) expected output the help message comment: I checked it on ubuntu and on arch, both don't print the help. I checked the source package on ubuntu and there is code for that in printf.c