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Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 11:10:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: trivial mkpasswd defect
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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> > On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 10:14:14AM -0400, Jon LaBadie wrote:
> > > mkpasswd reports '?' is a valid help option but fails to accept it.
> > >
> > > 	$ mkpasswd --help
> > > 	Usage: mkpasswd [OPTION]... [domain]
> > >
> > > 	This program prints a /etc/passwd file to stdout
> > >
> > > 	Options:
> > > 		... snip ...
> > > 	   -?,--help               displays this message
> > >
> > > 	$ mkpasswd -?
> > > 	mkpasswd: unknown option -- ?
> >
> > Thanks.  This will go away in the next version.
> 
> I hope you mean that '-?' will work, not that '-?' will be taken out of the
> usage.
> 
She meant what she said. See 

http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-patches/2002-q2/msg00103.html

for details. Or better yet, the CVS.

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