I have added a patch to exiftool that should smooth
out the behaviour if perldoc is not available. Version
6.71 or later (when it is released) should print the
following message if 'exiftool' is run without arguments
and perldoc isn't available:
Syntax: exiftool [OPTIONS] FILE
Consult the exiftool documentation for a full list of options.
Not very informative, but at least it isn't misleading.
- Phil
On 20-Jan-07, at 7:22 AM, Mark Purcell wrote:
Package: libimage-exiftool-perl
Version: 6.57-1
Severity: normal
Mari,
When installed and run from the command line exiftool reports:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ exiftool
You need to install the perl-doc package to use this program.
Run 'perldoc exiftool' for help on exiftool.
I understand that perl-doc isn't required to use the tool,
once you know how it works, however it is confusing the first time one
runs the application from the command line, which many would
consider normal operation.
I think libimage-exiftool-perl should either Depends: or Recommends:
perl-doc.
Mark
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