From: wish@dumain.com   
      
   Package: xkcdpass   
   Version: 1.19.9+dfsg1-1   
   Severity: minor   
      
   Dear Maintainer,   
      
   I was testing a new wordlist composed entirely of 4 chacter words   
   and kept getting the following error message:   
      
   Error: provided arguments result in zero-length wordlist, exiting.   
      
      
   In the process of examining this I realised that the man page was   
   incorrect.   
      
   It reads:   
      
          --min MIN_LENGTH   
             Generate passphrases containing at least MIN_LENGTH words. (Default:   
   5)   
      
          --max MAX_LENGTH   
             Generate passphrases containing at most MAX_LENGTH words. (Default:   
   9)   
      
   implying that these options control words per passphrase (similar to -n).   
      
   However the -h option to xkcdpass correctly documents that they actually   
   control letters per word:   
      
   usage: xkcdpass [-h] [-w WORDFILE] [--min MIN_LENGTH] [--max MAX_LENGTH] [-n   
   NUM_WORDS | -a ACROSTIC] [-i] [-v VALID_CHARS] [-V] [-c COUNT] [-d DELIM] [-R]   
   [-D VALID_DELIMITERS] [-s SEP] [-C CASE]   
                   [--allow-weak-rng]   
      
   options:   
     -h, --help            show this help message and exit   
     -w, --wordfile WORDFILE   
                           Specify that the file WORDFILE contains the list of   
   valid words from which to generate passphrases. Multiple wordfiles can be   
   provided, separated by commas. Provided wordfiles: eff-long   
                           (default), eff-short, eff-special, legacy, spa-mich   
   (Spanish), fin-kotus (Finnish), fr-freelang (French), fr-corrected.txt   
   (French), pt-ipublicis (Portuguese), ger-anlx (German),   
                           eff_large_de_sample.wordlist (German), nor-nb   
   (Norwegian)   
     --min MIN_LENGTH      Generate passphrases containing words with at least   
   MIN_LENGTH characters.   
     --max MAX_LENGTH      Generate passphrases containing words with at most   
   MAX_LENGTH characters.   
     -n, --numwords NUM_WORDS   
                           Generate passphrases containing exactly NUM_WORDS   
   words.   
     -a, --acrostic ACROSTIC   
                           Generate passphrases with an acrostic matching   
   ACROSTIC.   
     -i, --interactive     Generate and output a passphrase, query the user to   
   accept it, and loop until one is accepted.   
     -v, --valid-chars VALID_CHARS   
                           Limit passphrases to only include words matching the   
   regex pattern VALID_CHARS (e.g. '[a-z]').   
     -V, --verbose         Report various metrics for given options.   
     -c, --count COUNT     Generate COUNT passphrases.   
     -d, --delimiter DELIM   
                           Separate words within a passphrase with DELIM.   
     -R, --random-delimiters   
                           Use randomized delimiters between words. --delimiter   
   will be ignored   
     -D, --valid-delimiters VALID_DELIMITERS   
                           A string with all valid delimiter characters. For   
   example, '^&*' would use ^, &, or *   
     -s, --separator SEP   Separate generated passphrases with SEP.   
     -C, --case CASE       Choose the method for setting the case of each word in   
   the passphrase. Choices: ['as-is', 'lower', 'upper', 'first', 'capitalize',   
   'alternating', 'random'] (default: 'lower').   
     --allow-weak-rng      Allow fallback to weak RNG if the system does not   
   support cryptographically secure RNG. Only use this if you know what you are   
   doing.   
      
      
   The default --min value of 5 meant that none of the words in my list of   
   four letter words were usable.   
      
   -- System Information:   
   Debian Release: 13.3   
     APT prefers stable-updates   
     APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500,   
   'stable')   
   Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)   
   Kernel: Linux 6.12.63+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)   
   Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),    
   ANGUAGE=en_GB:en   
   Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash   
   Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)   
   LSM: AppArmor: enabled   
      
   Versions of packages xkcdpass depends on:   
   ii  python3                3.13.5-1   
   ii  python3-pkg-resources  78.1.1-0.1   
      
   xkcdpass recommends no packages.   
      
   xkcdpass suggests no packages.   
      
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