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[PATCH] Correct gas manpage


The manpage says that options -v and -version of as are identical.  But this
seems not to be the case:
$ ./as-new -version
GNU assembler (GNU Binutils) 2.23.51.20121029
Copyright 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License version 3 or later.
This program has absolutely no warranty.
This assembler was configured for a target of `x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'.
$ ./as-new -v
GNU assembler version 2.23.51 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) using BFD version (GNU Binutils) 2.23.51.20121029

So this patch ought to correct this.

2012-10-29  Marek Polacek  <polacek@redhat.com>

	* doc/as.texinfo: Option -version is identical with --version,
	not -v.

--- gas/doc/as.texinfo.mp	2012-10-29 11:44:05.042012090 +0100
+++ gas/doc/as.texinfo	2012-10-29 11:45:51.935259432 +0100
@@ -707,10 +707,10 @@ assembly.
 Remove local absolute symbols from the outgoing symbol table.
 
 @item -v
-@itemx -version
 Print the @command{as} version.
 
-@item --version
+@item -version
+@itemx --version
 Print the @command{as} version and exit.
 
 @item -W
@@ -2306,12 +2306,10 @@ For example, it disables the exception f
 @section Announce Version: @option{-v}
 
 @kindex -v
-@kindex -version
 @cindex assembler version
 @cindex version of assembler
 You can find out what version of as is running by including the
-option @samp{-v} (which you can also spell as @samp{-version}) on the
-command line.
+option @samp{-v}.
 
 @node W
 @section Control Warnings: @option{-W}, @option{--warn}, @option{--no-warn}, @option{--fatal-warnings}

	Marek


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