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-rw-r--r--src/mailman/bin/mailman.py2
-rw-r--r--src/mailman/bin/tests/test_mailman.py42
-rw-r--r--src/mailman/docs/NEWS.rst2
3 files changed, 45 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/mailman/bin/mailman.py b/src/mailman/bin/mailman.py
index 3865fef19..fd8eb914e 100644
--- a/src/mailman/bin/mailman.py
+++ b/src/mailman/bin/mailman.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def main():
command.add(parser, command_parser)
command_parser.set_defaults(func=command.process)
args = parser.parse_args()
- if len(args.__dict__) == 0:
+ if len(args.__dict__) <= 1:
# No arguments or subcommands were given.
parser.print_help()
parser.exit()
diff --git a/src/mailman/bin/tests/test_mailman.py b/src/mailman/bin/tests/test_mailman.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c5a3396b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mailman/bin/tests/test_mailman.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2015 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of GNU Mailman.
+#
+# GNU Mailman is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+# the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+# Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# GNU Mailman is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+# more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+# GNU Mailman. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Test mailman command utilities."""
+
+__all__ = [
+ 'TestMailmanCommand',
+ ]
+
+
+import unittest
+
+from io import StringIO
+from mock import patch
+from mailman.bin.mailman import main
+
+
+
+class TestMailmanCommand(unittest.TestCase):
+ def test_mailman_command_without_subcommand_prints_help(self):
+ # Issue #137: Running `mailman` without a subcommand raises an
+ # AttributeError.
+ testargs = ['mailman']
+ output = StringIO()
+ with patch('sys.argv', testargs), patch('sys.stdout', output):
+ with self.assertRaises(SystemExit):
+ main()
+ self.assertIn('usage', output.getvalue())
diff --git a/src/mailman/docs/NEWS.rst b/src/mailman/docs/NEWS.rst
index c7b88b298..0d46faf59 100644
--- a/src/mailman/docs/NEWS.rst
+++ b/src/mailman/docs/NEWS.rst
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ Bugs
* Confirmation messages should not be `Precedence: bulk`. (Closes #75)
* Fix constraint violations on mailing list deletes affecting PostgreSQL.
Given by Abhilash Raj. (Closes #115)
+ * `mailman` command with no subcommand now prints the help text. Given by
+ Abhilash Raj. (Closes #137)
Configuration
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