Re: [PATCH v6] gdb, configure: Add disable-formats option for configure

Simon Marchi
2025-08-05T20:10:13Z

On 8/5/25 3:06 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2025 12:03:29 -0400
>> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
>> From: Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>
>>
>>> +AC_ARG_ENABLE(binary_file_formats,
>>> + AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-binary-file-formats=FILE_FORMATS],
>>
>> Question mostly for Eli, should the metavar use an underscore or dash
>> ("FILE-FORMATS")?
>
> I'd just use FORMATS and be done with that. But if we must have 2
> words, then underscore is better here.

I agree that just FORMATS is good. The option name makes it clear what
it is.

Simon