Bug#686667: /usr/bin/pactl: pactl set-sink-volume using - (minus) gives and error

[Lorenzo Sutton]

Package: pulseaudio-utils
Version: 2.0-6
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/pactl

Dear Maintainer,

Although the pactl man page states for set-sink-volume SINK VOLUME:

'If the volume specification start with a + or - the volume adjustment will be
relative to the current source volume.'

If the volume is preceeded by a '-' pactl will rais the followin error:

'pactl: invalid option -- '

Using a value with a '+' (e.g. +5) works correctly.

Bests,
Lorenzo.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-686-pae (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

Versions of packages pulseaudio-utils depends on:
ii  libc6        2.13-32
ii  libcap2      1:2.22-1.1
ii  libice6      2:1.0.8-2
ii  libpulse0    2.0-6
ii  libsm6       2:1.2.1-2
ii  libsndfile1  1.0.25-4
ii  libx11-6     2:1.4.99.901-2
ii  libx11-xcb1  2:1.4.99.901-2
ii  libxcb1      1.8.1-1
ii  libxtst6     2:1.2.1-1

pulseaudio-utils recommends no packages.

Versions of packages pulseaudio-utils suggests:
ii  avahi-daemon  0.6.31-1

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