GNU bug report logs - #61467
Don't assume short/long options for error messages

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 03:19:03 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Don't assume short/long options for error messages
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 06:52:54 +0800

$ sort --human-numeric-sort -nr
sort: options '-hn' are incompatible

Say instead:
sort: options --human-numeric-sort (-h), and --numeric-sort (-n), are incompatible.

Else some projects might be delayed by days, as some people need to
email other people to ask...

"Can't blame me. That's not what I typed. I typed -nr, not -hn. Sue me."
This bug report was last modified 2 years and 124 days ago.

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