#1032811 Document when --output=FILE won't work

Package:
reportbug
Source:
reportbug
Submitter:
Dan Jacobson
Date:
2023-03-11 23:21:04 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1032811#3
Date:
2023-03-11 23:18:28 UTC
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Man page says:

       -o FILE, --output=FILE
              Instead of sending an email, redirect it to the specified  file‐
              name.

              The  output file is a full dump of the email message, so it con‐
              tains both headers and mail body. If you want to  use  it  as  a
              template  to create a new bug report, see the --resume-saved op‐
              tion.

OK, but there should be some mention of when it won't work:

$ HOME=/dev/null reportbug --template ca-certificates --output=/tmp/z|wc - /tmp/z
Thank you for using reportbug
    127     143    9410 -
wc: /tmp/z: No such file or directory
    127     143    9410 total
$ HOME=/dev/null reportbug ca-certificates --output=/tmp/z --template|wc - /tmp/z
Thank you for using reportbug
    127     143    9410 -
wc: /tmp/z: No such file or directory
    127     143    9410 total

In fact there could even be some STDERR output too, saying what is going on.