Bug 10620

Summary:	[PATCH] order options alphabetically in manual page + --long options
Product:	gdb	Reporter:	Jari Aalto <jari.aalto>
Component:	build	Assignee:	Not yet assigned to anyone <unassigned>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	gdb-prs
Priority:	P2
Version:	6.8
Target Milestone:	6.8
Host:		Target:
Build:		Last reconfirmed:
Attachments:	Present options using --long (two dash) notation

Description Jari Aalto 2009-09-09 14:08:15 UTC

This is "stacked patch" that should be applied after:

  [PATCH] order options alphabetically in manual page
  http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10505

   Direct link: 
   http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=4125&action=view

It answers to request to prefer --long option syntax (two dashes) for long 
option names as described in bug:

  gdb - Manual and info pages should present GNU --long options
  http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10619

Comment 1 Jari Aalto 2009-09-09 14:09:27 UTC

Created attachment 4183 [details]
Present options using --long (two dash) notation

Comment 2 Tom Tromey 2009-09-09 17:18:52 UTC

Patches in bugzilla are rarely reviewed.
Instead, follow the contribution instructions:
http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~//src/gdb/CONTRIBUTE?rev=1.12&cvsroot=src