From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24726 invoked by alias); 9 Jun 2014 04:39:36 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 24712 invoked by uid 89); 9 Jun 2014 04:39:34 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Mon, 09 Jun 2014 04:39:33 +0000 Received: from int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.24]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s594dUkH025643 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 9 Jun 2014 00:39:31 -0400 Received: from psique (ovpn-113-28.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.28]) by int-mx11.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s594dS91012789 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 9 Jun 2014 00:39:29 -0400 From: Sergio Durigan Junior To: Mingjie Xing Cc: Pedro Alves , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [patch] Add -q in help info and doc References: <53919763.9000404@redhat.com> X-URL: http://www.redhat.com Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 04:39:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Mingjie Xing's message of "Mon, 9 Jun 2014 09:32:38 +0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-06/txt/msg00355.txt.bz2 On Sunday, June 08 2014, Mingjie Xing wrote: > 2014-06-06 18:26 GMT+08:00 Pedro Alves : >> I notice it's missing from the man page too. >> >> (cd doc; make man; man ./gdb.1) > > Yes. But before fixing it, I think It should be better that we can > firstly unify the > long option format. Currently, we use "--" prefix in the help > information, while "-" > in gdb.texinfo. It's confusing for users, though gdb accepts both kinds. I agree. And last time I checked, I saw that our manpage is missing useful options. I was planning to tackle this in some spare time (not likely anytime soon), but if Mingjie wants to do that too... Thanks, -- Sergio GPG key ID: 65FC5E36 Please send encrypted e-mail if possible http://blog.sergiodj.net/