bug#29617: `seq 1 --help' doesn't give help

2018-02-19 Thread chadweisman
On 2/19/2018 at 8:35 PM, "Pádraig Brady" wrote: > >On 18/02/18 10:41, chadweis...@nym.hush.com wrote: >> >>> On 12/08/2017 11:38 AM, Eric B wrote: Hello, I am using coreutils version 8.27 on Fedora, and I don't see >this fixed in 8.28's NEWS. $ seq 1 --help

bug#29617: `seq 1 --help' doesn't give help

2018-02-19 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 18/02/18 10:41, chadweis...@nym.hush.com wrote: > >> On 12/08/2017 11:38 AM, Eric B wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am using coreutils version 8.27 on Fedora, and I don't see this fixed in >>> 8.28's NEWS. >>> >>> $ seq 1 --help >>> seq: invalid floating point argument: ‘--help’ >>> Try 'seq --hel

bug#29617: `seq 1 --help' doesn't give help

2018-02-18 Thread chadweisman
> On 12/08/2017 11:38 AM, Eric B wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am using coreutils version 8.27 on Fedora, and I don't see this fixed in > > 8.28's NEWS. > > > > $ seq 1 --help > > seq: invalid floating point argument: ‘--help’ > > Try 'seq --help' for more information. > Interesting bug! > > >

bug#29617: `seq 1 --help' doesn't give help

2017-12-08 Thread Eric Blake
On 12/08/2017 11:38 AM, chadweis...@nym.hush.com wrote: > Hello, > > I am using coreutils version 8.27 on Fedora, and I don't see this fixed in > 8.28's NEWS. > > $ seq 1 --help > seq: invalid floating point argument: ‘--help’ > Try 'seq --help' for more information. Interesting bug! > > We s

bug#29617: `seq 1 --help' doesn't give help

2017-12-08 Thread chadweisman
Hello, I am using coreutils version 8.27 on Fedora, and I don't see this fixed in 8.28's NEWS. $ seq 1 --help seq: invalid floating point argument: ‘--help’ Try 'seq --help' for more information. We should be able to put the options anywhere and not necessarily before any arguments. And even