Re: [PATCH] better diagnostics for seq

[Steven Schubiger]

Pádraig Brady <address@hidden> wrote:
> Seems sensible. This is what I get on a reasonably recent tree:
> 
> $ ./seq -f% 1
> ./seq: memory exhausted
> 
> Note however that on gutsy I get the expected:
> 
> $ seq -f% 1
> seq: invalid format string: `%'
> Try `seq --help' for more information.
> 
> So perhaps you could use the existing patch/logic from gutsy?

FWIW, with the patched version I get:

$ ./src/seq -f% 1
./src/seq: no % directive

Should we be additionally calling usage (EXIT_FAILURE); where now
error() with first argument as EXIT_FAILURE is being invoked?

Steven Schubiger