This patch, put together by Manuel Novoa III, is a merge of work

done by Evin Robertson (bug#1105) and work from Manuel to make
usage messages occupy less space and simplify how usage messages
are displayed.

6 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/archival/ar.c b/archival/ar.c
index 7a5169e..59f5181 100644
--- a/archival/ar.c
+++ b/archival/ar.c
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ extern int ar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			funct |= extract_to_file;
 			break;
 		default:
-			usage(ar_usage);
+			show_usage();
 		}
 	}
  
 	/* check the src filename was specified */
 	if (optind == argc)
-		usage(ar_usage);
+		show_usage();
 	
 	if ( (srcFd = open(argv[optind], O_RDONLY)) < 0)
 		error_msg_and_die("Cannot read %s", argv[optind]);
diff --git a/archival/dpkg.c b/archival/dpkg.c
index 4a5c6f4..6e309eb 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg.c
@@ -840,7 +840,7 @@ extern int dpkg_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		case 'c':
 			return dpkg_configure(packages, status);
 		default :
-			usage(dpkg_usage);
+			show_usage();
 			return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/archival/dpkg_deb.c b/archival/dpkg_deb.c
index aed0ba3..c084381 100644
--- a/archival/dpkg_deb.c
+++ b/archival/dpkg_deb.c
@@ -141,14 +141,12 @@ extern int dpkg_deb_main(int argc, char **argv)
 				break;
 */
 			default:
-				usage(dpkg_deb_usage);
-				return EXIT_FAILURE;
+				show_usage();
 		}
 	}
 
 	if (((optind + 1 ) > argc) || (optflag == 0))  {
-		usage(dpkg_deb_usage);
-		return(EXIT_FAILURE);
+		show_usage();
 	}
 	if ((optflag & dpkg_deb_control) || (optflag & dpkg_deb_extract) || (optflag & dpkg_deb_verbose_extract)) {
 		if ( (optind + 1) == argc ) {
diff --git a/archival/gunzip.c b/archival/gunzip.c
index 48a4608..bf8812d 100644
--- a/archival/gunzip.c
+++ b/archival/gunzip.c
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ int gunzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 				force = 1;
 				break;
 			default:
-				usage(gunzip_usage);
+				show_usage();
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ int gunzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	} else {
 		/* Open up the input file */
 		if (argc <= 0)
-			usage(gunzip_usage);
+			show_usage();
 		if (strlen(*argv) > MAX_PATH_LEN) {
 			error_msg(name_too_long);
 			exit(WARNING);
diff --git a/archival/gzip.c b/archival/gzip.c
index 75f3caa..3cbef4e 100644
--- a/archival/gzip.c
+++ b/archival/gzip.c
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ int gzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 			case 'd':
 				exit(gunzip_main(argc, argv));
 			default:
-				usage(gzip_usage);
+				show_usage();
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ int gzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	} else {
 		/* Open up the input file */
 		if (argc <= 0)
-			usage(gzip_usage);
+			show_usage();
 		strncpy(ifname, *argv, MAX_PATH_LEN);
 
 		/* Open input file */
diff --git a/archival/tar.c b/archival/tar.c
index fb0fcc6..62f1b1d 100644
--- a/archival/tar.c
+++ b/archival/tar.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	int opt;
 
 	if (argc <= 1)
-		usage(tar_usage);
+		show_usage();
 
 	if (argv[1][0] != '-') {
 		char *tmp = xmalloc(strlen(argv[1]) + 2);
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ extern int tar_main(int argc, char **argv)
 				break;
 #endif
 				default:
-					usage(tar_usage);
+					show_usage();
 		}
 	}