ld command line error messages are misleading

[Fahim Shafi]

% ld --version
GNU ld 2.11.90.0.8
Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms
of
the GNU General Public License.  This program has absolutely no
warranty.
  Supported emulations:
   elf_i386
   i386linux
   elf_i386_glibc21


####### WRONG ERROR MESSAGES

% ld -v -Wl,crap
GNU ld version 2.11.90.0.8 (with BFD 2.11.90.0.8)
ld: unrecognized option '-v'
ld: use the --help option for usage information

% ld -Wl,crap
ld: unrecognized option 'ld'
ld: use the --help option for usage information

% ld -Wcrap
ld: unrecognized option 'ld'
ld: use the --help option for usage information