Package: metalink Version: 0.3.6-1 The current implementation of the command line arguments handling in metalink(1) has several deficiencies:
• a single dash (‘-’) is not recognized as synonymous to standard input, thus requiring a workaround (like using ‘/dev/stdin’ instead); compare: $ metalink --nomirrors --alldigests /dev/stdin < /dev/null > /dev/null Hashing '/dev/stdin' ... $ metalink --nomirrors --alldigests - < /dev/null > /dev/null Unable to open '-' $ • the POSIX standard option terminator (‘--’) is not handled properly in the presence of the single dash argument; compare: $ metalink --nomirrors --alldigests -- - < /dev/null > /dev/null Unable to open '--' Unable to open '-' $ metalink --nomirrors --alldigests -- /dev/stdin < /dev/null > /dev/null Hashing '/dev/stdin' ... $ Also, it would be nice if the base URI's could be specified via command line options (instead of the standard input), as it would enable one to, say: $ find foo/ -type f \ -exec metalink --alldigests --base=http://example.com/ -- {} + Currently, it's possible to use, e. g.: $ printf %s\\n http://example.com/ \ | find foo/ -type f \ -exec metalink --alldigests -- {} + instead, but it only works as long as all the arguments fit into a single exec* () call. (Shouldn't be a problem on GNU/Hurd, but may be one on GNU/Linux.) -- FSF associate member #7257
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