[PKG-Openstack-devel] Bug#858247: python-openstackclient: "openstack --help" fails unless OS_* env vars are set for API access

[Lars Wirzenius]

Package: python-openstackclient
Version: 3.2.1-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

My /usr/bin/openstack is provided by python-openstackclient, via an
alternative. The command has no manual page. When trying to get some
help, I run it with --help. This is the output:

    $ openstack --help
    Auth plugin requires parameters which were not given: auth_url
    $

If I set the various OS_* environment variables, it works. I think
it's surprising that you need to set up access to a server to get
--help to work.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages python-openstackclient depends on:
ii  python-babel               2.3.4+dfsg.1-2
ii  python-cinderclient        1:1.9.0-3
ii  python-cliff               1.15.0-5
ii  python-crypto              2.6.1-7
ii  python-glanceclient        1:2.5.0-3
ii  python-keyring             10.1-1
ii  python-keystoneauth1       2.12.1-2
ii  python-keystoneclient      1:3.2.0-4
ii  python-neutronclient       1:6.0.0-2
ii  python-novaclient          2:6.0.0-2
ii  python-openstacksdk        0.9.5-2
ii  python-os-client-config    1.16.0-1
ii  python-osc-lib             1.1.0-2
ii  python-oslo.config         1:3.17.0-3
ii  python-oslo.i18n           3.9.0-3
ii  python-oslo.serialization  2.13.0-2
ii  python-oslo.utils          3.16.0-2
ii  python-pbr                 1.10.0-1
ii  python-requests            2.12.4-1
ii  python-six                 1.10.0-3
ii  python-stevedore           1.17.1-2
pn  python2.7:any              <none>
pn  python:any                 <none>

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python-openstackclient suggests no packages.

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