[Cvsnt] BUG? "cvs status -q" option not working, displays incoherent usage message

[Philippe Verdy]

The documented -q option of the "cvs status" client command does not work as
expected, and is process instead like the "cvs server" internal command.

The command is started, and a list of files is computed, but then the
command aborts and displays a usage status.

Is it a limit of the remote CVS server (most probably an Unix
implementation) or a bug within CVSNT client ?

Sample output follows:

C:\CVSHOME\limewire>cvs --help status
Usage: cvs status [-vlR] [files...]
        -v      Verbose format; includes tag information for the file
        -l      Process this directory only (not recursive).
        -R      Process directories recursively.
        -q      Display a quick summary of each file (send more increased
terseness).
(Specify the --help global option for a list of other help options)

C:\CVSHOME\limewire>cvs status -v -R -q
? core/com/limegroup/gnutella/.cvsignore
? core/com/limegroup/gnutella/chat/.cvsignore
? core/com/limegroup/gnutella/connection/.cvsignore
? core/com/limegroup/gnutella/downloader/.cvsignore
? core/com/limegroup/gnutella/filters/.cvsignore
? core/com/limegroup/gnutella/handshaking/.cvsignore
? core/com/limegroup/gnutella/mp3/.cvsignore
? core/com/limegroup/gnutella/routing/.cvsignore
? core/com/limegroup/gnutella/security/.cvsignore
? core/com/limegroup/gnutella/uploader/.cvsignore
? core/com/limegroup/gnutella/util/.cvsignore
? core/com/limegroup/gnutella/xml/.cvsignore
? gui/.cvsignore
? gui/bin/limeshop0.html
? gui/bin/limeshop2.html
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/chat/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/download/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/init/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/library/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/menu/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/mp3/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/notify/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/options/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/options/panes/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/options/panes/LocaleDefHolder.java.txt
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/search/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/search/SizeRenderer.java
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/gui/tabs/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/update/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/update/gui/.cvsignore
? gui/com/limegroup/gnutella/xml/gui/.cvsignore
? gui/lib/.cvsignore
cvs server: invalid option -- q
Usage: cvs server [-vlR] [files...]
        -v      Verbose format; includes tag information for the file
        -l      Process this directory only (not recursive).
        -R      Process directories recursively.
(Specify the --help global option for a list of other help options)



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