[Bug: Busybox 1.22.1] false return 0 instead of 1 with '--help' switch.
Xabier Oneca -- xOneca
xoneca at gmail.com
Fri Sep 5 16:22:50 UTC 2014
Hello again,
2014-09-05 18:19 GMT+02:00 Xabier Oneca -- xOneca <xoneca at gmail.com>:
> Hello list,
>
> I want to highlight what GNU coreutils' help docs (info coreutils
> 'false invocation') says about false when invoked with --help:
>
>> Note that `false' (unlike all other programs documented herein)
> exits unsuccessfully, even when invoked with `--help' or `--version'.
>
> I think Busybox should do the same with the applet.
And I want to add that --help will only be used ever in an interactive
shell by a person, so the return value may be dispensable. (i.e.
doesn't mind to the user how does --help return as soon as the help
text is printed in screen)
Cheers,
Xabier Oneca_,,_
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