Package: ispell Version: 3.1.20-0.5 The -x option to ispell which is supposed to make it not write a backup file now causes it to exit, displaying a usage message.
I first noticed this in mutt, which calls ispell with the -x option. Further investigation shows this: $ ispell file.txt (works normally) $ ispell -x file.txt Usage: ispell [-dfile | -pfile | -wchars | -Wn | -t | -n | -x | -b | -S | -B | -C | -P | -m | -Lcontext | -M | -N | -Ttype | -V] file ..... It's possible this was broken when fixing earlier problems with the -x option. -- System Information Debian Release: 2.1 Kernel Version: Linux rn082110 2.2.1 #1 Fri Jan 29 20:13:54 CST 1999 i686 unknown Versions of the packages ispell depends on: ii libc6 2.0.7.19981211 GNU C Library: shared libraries ii libncurses4 4.2-3 Shared libraries for terminal handling
