IETF Logo Mail Archive

[xml2rfc] Unable to run xml2rfc --help

Roger Price <roger@rogerprice.org> Fri, 25 December 2020 14:24 UTC

Return-Path: <roger@rogerprice.org>
X-Original-To: xml2rfc@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: xml2rfc@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A6323A1367 for <xml2rfc@ietfa.amsl.com>; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:24:31 -0800 (PST)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -1.899
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.899 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id FZUxlvJLumMQ for <xml2rfc@ietfa.amsl.com>; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:24:29 -0800 (PST)
Received: from relay7-d.mail.gandi.net (relay7-d.mail.gandi.net [217.70.183.200]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 239933A1366 for <xml2rfc@ietf.org>; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 06:24:28 -0800 (PST)
X-Originating-IP: 78.243.124.66
Received: from maria (unknown [78.243.124.66]) (Authenticated sender: mailbox@rogerprice.org) by relay7-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6FD3C2000C for <xml2rfc@ietf.org>; Fri, 25 Dec 2020 14:24:25 +0000 (UTC)
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 15:24:25 +0100
From: Roger Price <roger@rogerprice.org>
X-X-Sender: rprice@maria.rogerprice.org
To: xml2rfc Mailing List <xml2rfc@ietf.org>
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.2012251511220.26613@maria.rogerprice.org>
User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (DEB 67 2015-01-07)
X-Message-Flag: Supplemental report to reaper.nsa.gov. rc=0
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; BOUNDARY="-636875520-807328560-1608906266=:26613"
Archived-At: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/xml2rfc/0JZ1AvRruKUEkOOyv5_VQJ6pIfI>
Subject: [xml2rfc] Unable to run xml2rfc --help
X-BeenThere: xml2rfc@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29
Precedence: list
List-Id: <xml2rfc.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/xml2rfc>, <mailto:xml2rfc-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/xml2rfc/>
List-Post: <mailto:xml2rfc@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:xml2rfc-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/xml2rfc>, <mailto:xml2rfc-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2020 14:24:31 -0000

I downloaded xml2rfc onto a Debian Stretch machine and ran the command

  xml2rfc --help

as described at 
https://tools.ietf.org/src/xml2rfc/trunk/cli/doc/xml2rfc3.html#format-switches

The result was

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "/usr/bin/xml2rfc", line 7, in <module>
     from xml2rfc.run import main
   File "/mnt/home/rprice/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/xml2rfc/__init__.py", line
     14, in <module>
     from xml2rfc.parser import  XmlRfcError, CachingResolver, XmlRfcParser, XmlRfc
...
   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/sre_parse.py", line 437, in _parse_sub
     itemsappend(_parse(source, state))
   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/sre_parse.py", line 575, in _parse
     raise source.error(msg, len(this) + 1 + len(that))
sre_constants.error: bad character range ”-“ at position 7

I am obviously doing something wrong, but I can't see what it is.  Any 
suggestion would be much appreciated.

Roger

v2.23.0 | Report a Bug | By Email