[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#763782: stylus: input file overwritten if non-standard filename extension

[Jason Woofenden]

Package: node-stylus
Version: 0.48.1+dfsg-1
Severity: normal
File: /usr/lib/nodejs/stylus/bin/stylus

Dear Maintainer,

If you use the ``.styl`` file extension, stylus compiles to a new
file with the ``.css`` extension (seems reasonable enough)

	$ echo -e "body\n\tfont sans-serif" > test.styl  
	$ stylus test.styl
  	  compiled test.css
	$ cat test.styl
	body
		font sans-serif

But if you use a different file extension, it overwrites your file:

	$ echo -e "body\n\tfont sans-serif" > test.stylus
	$ stylus test.stylus 
  	  compiled test.stylus
	$ cat test.stylus
	body {
  	  font: sans-serif;
	}

I think this is very bad. Stylus should not overwrite the source
file unless explicitly told to do so. It should create test.css or
test.stylus.css

Thank you :)

-- 
Jason


-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
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  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.14-2-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages node-stylus depends on:
ii  node-css-parse   1.7.0+dfsg-1
ii  node-debug       0.8.1-1
ii  node-glob        4.0.5-1
ii  node-mkdirp      0.5.0-1
ii  node-sax         0.5.5-1
ii  node-source-map  0.1.34-1
ii  nodejs           0.10.29~dfsg-1

node-stylus recommends no packages.

node-stylus suggests no packages.

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