This is a recipe for disaster and it actually already fails when
you pass something that looks like a long option as first argument
because $(which --long-option) will produce an "Illegal option"
string on its standard output.
$ lb --debug config --archive-areas "main contrib non-free"
Illegal option --
/usr/bin/lb: 54: [: Usage:: unexpected operator
E: Unknown command: --debug
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