FS#3099 : no error on invalid cli option(s)

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FS#3099 - no error on invalid cli option(s)

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Mircea Bardac (IceRAM) - Sunday, 21 August 2005, 14:36 GMT

Task Type	Bug Report
Category
Status	Closed
Assigned To	Judd Vinet (judd)
Architecture	not specified
Severity	Very Low
Priority	Normal
Reported Version	0.7 Wombat
Due in Version	Undecided
Due Date	Undecided
Percent Complete
Votes	0
Private	No

Details

# pacman _R freenx-server

Just quits, no error no nothing. It does the same no matter if the package is installed or not.

I would expect an error or something telling that "_R" is not a valid option.

strace says that it returns 0 on exit, just like if there was no error (which is not the case).