Re: [patch] Add -q in help info and doc

Pedro Alves
2014-06-09T09:33:06Z

On 06/09/2014 02:32 AM, Mingjie Xing wrote:
> 2014-06-06 18:26 GMT+08:00 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>:
>> 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.

Yes, it's confusing, agreed, but I'd call that an orthogonal issue.

But if you want to fix both issues, then that's great.

TBC, I'm not suggesting you _have_ to fix the man page.

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Pedro Alves