From 14c517e33d18a67df055adc78170649c4fde1603 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 17:04:25 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] tee: allow multiple -a flags

Fixes issue where tee rejected multiple append flags with error
"the argument '--append' cannot be used multiple times".
GNU tee accepts multiple -a flags, so this adds compatibility.
---
 src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs     |  3 ++-
 tests/by-util/test_tee.rs | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
index 1325b04654e..cf3d89c0a98 100644
--- a/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
+++ b/src/uu/tee/src/tee.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(options::APPEND)
                 .short('a')
                 .help(translate!("tee-help-append"))
-                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue),
+                .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
+                .overrides_with(options::APPEND),
         )
         .arg(
             Arg::new(options::IGNORE_INTERRUPTS)
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_tee.rs b/tests/by-util/test_tee.rs
index ba6993371d1..4a3e169129a 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_tee.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_tee.rs
@@ -91,6 +91,30 @@ fn test_tee_append() {
     assert_eq!(at.read(file), content.repeat(2));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_tee_multiple_append_flags() {
+    // Test for bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rust-coreutils/+bug/2134578
+    // The command should accept multiple -a flags for different files
+    let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();
+    let content = "don't fail me now rust";
+    let file1 = "log1";
+    let file2 = "log2";
+
+    // Pre-populate files with some content to verify append behavior
+    at.write(file1, "existing1\n");
+    at.write(file2, "existing2\n");
+
+    ucmd.args(&["-a", file1, "-a", file2])
+        .pipe_in(content)
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is(content);
+
+    assert!(at.file_exists(file1));
+    assert!(at.file_exists(file2));
+    assert_eq!(at.read(file1), format!("existing1\n{content}"));
+    assert_eq!(at.read(file2), format!("existing2\n{content}"));
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_readonly() {
     let (at, mut ucmd) = at_and_ucmd!();