bin/164570: [patch] pom(6) wrong usage message

[Klaus Aehlig]

>Number:         164570
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       [patch] pom(6) wrong usage message
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jan 28 13:50:06 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Klaus Aehlig
>Release:        FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE amd64
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD curry.linta.de 8.2-STABLE FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #15: Thu Jan 12 01:30:10 CET 2012 root at curry.linta.de:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/CURRY amd64

>Description:
	For incorrect non-option arguments, pom(6) displays the first argument
	instead of the program name in the usage-message
>How-To-Repeat:
	$ pom 1970.01.01
	Usage: 1970.01.01 [-p] [-d yyyy.mm.dd] [-t hh:mm:ss]

	Would have expected

	Usage: pom [-p] [-d yyyy.mm.dd] [-t hh:mm:ss]

	or similar.

>Fix:

	use the following patch

--- patch-pom.c begins here ---
--- pom.c.orig	2012-01-28 14:01:25.000000000 +0100
+++ pom.c	2012-01-28 14:06:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
 	double days, today, tomorrow;
 	int ch, cnt, pflag = 0;
 	char *odate = NULL, *otime = NULL;
+	char *progname = argv[0];
 
 	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "d:pt:")) != -1)
 		switch (ch) {
@@ -103,14 +104,14 @@
 			otime = optarg;
 			break;
 		default:
-			usage(argv[0]);
+			usage(progname);
 		}
 
         argc -= optind;
 	argv += optind;
 
 	if (argc)
-		usage(argv[0]);
+		usage(progname);
 
 	/* Adjust based on users preferences */
 	time(&tt);
--- patch-pom.c ends here ---


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