From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:36974 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750910AbbALLdX (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 Jan 2015 06:33:23 -0500 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 12:33:18 +0100 From: Karel Zak To: Benno Schulenberg Cc: util-linux@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] setarch: in the usage text only mention options that actually do something Message-ID: <20150112113318.GI20899@x2.net.home> References: <1420897295-17573-1-git-send-email-bensberg@justemail.net> <1420897295-17573-4-git-send-email-bensberg@justemail.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1420897295-17573-4-git-send-email-bensberg@justemail.net> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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 http://karelzak.blogspot.com