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From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
To: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@justemail.net>
Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] setarch: in the usage text only mention options that actually do something
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:33:18 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150112113318.GI20899@x2.net.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1420897295-17573-4-git-send-email-bensberg@justemail.net>

On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 02:41:35PM +0100, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> It is enough that --4gb is mentioned in the man page.
...
> -	fputs(_("     --4gb                ignored (for backward compatibility only)\n"), stdout);

I'm not sure about this kind of change. If I good remember than for
example in RH we have some QA tests to compare man page and --help.

IMHO if we have any feature/option than it's better to keep it
documented on all places.

    Karel

-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak@redhat.com>
 http://karelzak.blogspot.com

  reply	other threads:[~2015-01-12 11:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-10 13:41 [PATCH 1/4] setarch: differentiate between "unrecognized" and "cannot set" Benno Schulenberg
2015-01-10 13:41 ` [PATCH 2/4] docs: mention that setarch may not be able to set all listed architectures Benno Schulenberg
2015-01-11 16:19   ` JWP
2015-01-11 17:07     ` Benno Schulenberg
2015-01-11 18:43       ` JWP
2015-01-12 10:41         ` karel Zak
2015-01-12 11:23   ` Karel Zak
2015-01-10 13:41 ` [PATCH 3/4] setarch: accept the option --list in any position Benno Schulenberg
2015-01-12 11:25   ` Karel Zak
2015-01-10 13:41 ` [PATCH 4/4] setarch: in the usage text only mention options that actually do something Benno Schulenberg
2015-01-12 11:33   ` Karel Zak [this message]
2015-01-12 11:23 ` [PATCH 1/4] setarch: differentiate between "unrecognized" and "cannot set" Karel Zak

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