[dput-ng-maint] Bug#741966: dcut: please make --allow for multiple package foolproof

[Christoph Berg]

Control: severity -1 normal

Re: Jakub Wilk 2014-03-17 <20140317181145.GA2793 at jwilk.net>
> This is how I struggled with granting a DM permissions to upload multiple
> packages today:

Exactly the same happened to me. This is a documentation bug.

> 1) Try this:
> 
> $ dcut dm --uid mrs.buns at example.com --allow=eggs --allow=ham
> 
> It works! Err, except that it grants permission only for "ham".
> 
> 2) Look into the manpage, which reads:
> 
> --allow=PACKAGES
>    Source package(s) where permissions to upload should be granted. Repeat
> the argument to apply permissions to more than one package at once.

This should read

  --allow PACKAGE [...]

I guess that would have hinted me at not repeating the "--allow" as
well.

Christoph
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