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

[Wookey]

OK, this just annoyed me too, enough that I've fixed the manpage to
actually reflect reality. I haven't changed the codebase to make it smarter.

Attached is a patch so that the manpage entry now reads:

           --allow=PACKAGE

           --allow PACKAGE LIST
               Source package(s) where permissions to upload should be
               granted. Give a space-separated list of packages to apply
               permissions to more than one package at once. If multiple
               --allow options are given, the last one takes precedence.

Despite reading the ascidoc spec I failed to get it to format to:
           --allow=PACKAGE
           --allow PACKAGE LIST
               Source package(s) where permissions to upload should be
               granted. Give a space-separated list of packages to apply
               permissions to more than one package at once. If multiple
               --allow options are given, the last one takes precedence.

Which would have looked nicer.

--deny is equivalent.

A patch so that the '=' was genuinely optional would be even
better... but at least applying this should stop the docs actively
misleading users of these options.


Wookey

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