openssh bugs - Nov 2009 - [Bug 1670] New: Send --help to stdout, not stderr

https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1670

           Summary: Send --help to stdout, not stderr
           Product: Portable OpenSSH
           Version: 5.3p1
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ssh
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at mindrot.org
        ReportedBy: jari.aalto at cante.net


This can be expected to appear in stderr:                               

     $ ssh -8
     sh: illegal option -- 8
     usage: ssh [-1246AaCfgKkMNnqsTtVvXxY] [-b bind_address] [-c
cipher_spec]

But this should go to stdout, not stderr:

     $ ssh --help | less

Please chnage the -help option to send text to stdout, not stderr.
See GNU cp(1), ls(1) etc.

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Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 CC|                            |dtucker at zip.com.au
             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |INVALID

--- Comment #1 from Darren Tucker <dtucker at zip.com.au> 2009-11-02
09:30:11 EST ---
ssh(1) does not have a --help option (nor any other long options for
that matter).  Sending output to stderr when given an invalid option is
entirely reasonable.  See BSD cp(1), ls(1) etc.

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Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |CLOSED

--- Comment #2 from Damien Miller <djm at mindrot.org> 2010-04-16 15:50:25
EST ---
Mass move of bugs RESOLVED->CLOSED following the release of
openssh-5.5p1

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