Why does<p><pre><code>    .&#x2F;letsencrypt-auto --help
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run my package manager? Asking for the command&#x27;s help text should <i>never</i> cause some side-effect to happen.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gnu.org&#x2F;prep&#x2F;standards&#x2F;html_node&#x2F;Command_002dLine-Interfaces.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gnu.org&#x2F;prep&#x2F;standards&#x2F;html_node&#x2F;Command_002dLin...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gnu.org&#x2F;prep&#x2F;standards&#x2F;html_node&#x2F;_002d_002dhelp.html#g_t_002d_002dhelp" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gnu.org&#x2F;prep&#x2F;standards&#x2F;html_node&#x2F;_002d_002dhelp....</a><p>edit:<p>Ok, this is a little disappointing:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;letsencrypt&#x2F;letsencrypt&#x2F;issues&#x2F;1286" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;letsencrypt&#x2F;letsencrypt&#x2F;issues&#x2F;1286</a><p><pre><code>    We need to install our dependencies before we can install ourselves
    and be able to produce output for --help.
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That&#x27;s fine. Then the --help pre-install should simply produce a message explaining this.<p>Fortunately, it seems I&#x27;m not the only person who thinks running an install when someone asked for help is not good behavior:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;letsencrypt&#x2F;letsencrypt&#x2F;issues&#x2F;1903" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;letsencrypt&#x2F;letsencrypt&#x2F;issues&#x2F;1903</a>