1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sbosrcarch b/sbosrcarch
index 5616471..ea74f43 100755
--- a/sbosrcarch
+++ b/sbosrcarch
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ our $DEBUG_HTTP = 0;
 
 # TODO create_mode stats are wrong
 
+# FIXME 20180522 bkw: check and status commands include old
+# versions that haven't been purged in the total, so we get 112%
+# coverage and -1034 missing files!
+
 # FIXME 20151016 bkw: behold:
 #  $ grep ^D libraries/p4api/*.info
 #  DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r10.1/bin.linux26x86/p4api.tgz"
@@ -431,7 +435,8 @@ sub read_config {
 	} else {
 		die "can't find .sbosrcarch.conf or sbosrcarch.conf in any of the\n" .
 			"following directories (and no -c option), giving up:\n" .
-			join ("\n", @configdirs) . "\n";
+			join ("\n", @configdirs) . "\n" .
+			"\nTry 'sbosrcarch --help' or 'perldoc sbosrcarch' for help.\n";
 	}
 
 # required stuff in the conf file:
@@ -1728,8 +1733,8 @@ EOF
 #main()
 
 $|++;
+usage() unless (defined $ARGV[0] && $ARGV[0] !~ /^-/);
 read_config();
-usage() unless defined $ARGV[0];
 for ($ARGV[0]) {
 	/create/ && do { create_mode();    };
 	/update/ && do { update_mode();    };