From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:56765 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751063AbbAKQT1 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Jan 2015 11:19:27 -0500 Message-ID: <54B2A27A.50401@gmx.com> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 11:19:06 -0500 From: JWP MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Benno Schulenberg , util-linux@vger.kernel.org CC: karel Zak Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] docs: mention that setarch may not be able to set all listed architectures References: <1420897295-17573-1-git-send-email-bensberg@justemail.net> <1420897295-17573-2-git-send-email-bensberg@justemail.net> In-Reply-To: <1420897295-17573-2-git-send-email-bensberg@justemail.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 01/10/2015 08:41 AM, Benno Schulenberg wrote: > Signed-off-by: Benno Schulenberg > --- > sys-utils/setarch.8 | 9 +++++---- > 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/sys-utils/setarch.8 b/sys-utils/setarch.8 > index a9a126a..d0f1cba 100644 > --- a/sys-utils/setarch.8 > +++ b/sys-utils/setarch.8 > @@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ It also allows to set various personality options. > The default \fIprogram\fR is \fB/bin/sh\fR. > .SH OPTIONS > .TP > -\fB\-\-list\fR > -List the architectures that can be set. > +.B \-\-list > +List the architectures that \fBsetarch\fR knows about. Whether \fBsetarch\fR > +can actually set each of these architectures depends on the running kernel. > .TP > -\fB\-\-uname\-2.6\fR > -Causes the program to see a kernel version number beginning with 2.6. > +.B \-\-uname-2.6 This is incorrect. Options are always constructed with minus signs never a hyphens. The only time a hyphen should be used in man-pages is for normally hyphenated dictionary words. Commands, options, variables, paths, urls, etc. all use the minus sign character. For troff that is \-. groff(7) \- The - (minus) sign in the current font. > +Causes the \fIprogram\fR to see a kernel version number beginning with 2.6. > .TP > .BR \-v , " \-\-verbose" > Be verbose. >