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Inconsistent and/or incorrect behaviour of the -m|--pem flag #355

@cyqsimon

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@cyqsimon

The -m|--pem flag causes some unexpected interactions with other flags.
The following is a table of the expected behaviour and the actual behaviour (of dump and connect, respectively):

Expected dump connect
--pem --json Fail fast ❔ Prints chain PEM ❔ Prints chain PEM, followed by JSON with .certificates array emptied ❌
--pem --first Prints leaf PEM Prints leaf PEM ✔️ Prints chain PEM ❌
--pem --json --first Fail fast ❔ Prints leaf PEM ❔ Prints chain PEM, followed by JSON with .certificates array emptied ❌

For the question marked fields, I personally would expect them to fail fast because I consider --pem and --json to be semantically conflicting flags, but I will acknowledge that other design decisions may also be valid. The red cross fields are however most certainly incorrect.

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