make --help in CVS has been updated with the "recipe" clarification but still says:
-n, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon\n\ Don't actually run any recipe; just print them.\n" I agree that make --help is on particularly dubious ground when saying "any recipe". Saying something woolly and referring to the documentation is one thing, but saying something definitive yet, strictly speaking, incorrect, with no caveat or reference, is something else. We need to be concise, so people can find what they're looking for, yet we still need to convey the sense of what the switch does. How about: "Don't actually run normal recipes; just print them." -----Original Message----- From: bug-make-bounces+mdorey=bluearc....@gnu.org [mailto:bug-make-bounces+mdorey=bluearc....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of jida...@jidanni.org Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 12:54 To: guent...@gmail.com Cc: bug-make@gnu.org Subject: Re: make --guaranteed-real-dry-run PG> The GNU make manpage starts with this: PG> WARNING OK, but not make --help. Anyway please change things like -n, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon Don't actually run any commands; just print them. To Don't actually run any commands usually; just print them. The exact wording I leave up to you. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make