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coreutils: [PATCH] chmod.c usage() order items alphabetically

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: 10369 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10369: coreutils: [PATCH] doc: homologize ch{con, grp, mod, own} option descriptions
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:37:46 +0000

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On 12/26/2011 11:11 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> On 12/26/2011 10:25 AM, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> On 12/26/11 02:20, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>
>>> chcon, chgrp need the same adjustment.
>>> Note I'd prefer to keep -R and -v together
>>> as they're more general than --ref and
>>> can use the same translations.
>>
>> If we're going to list options in some order
>> than alphabetically (which often makes sense),
>> shouldn't -c, -f, and -v be kept together?
>> This would be for the same reason that --no-preserve-root
>> and --preserve-root are kept together: they're related
>> options.
> 
> Agreed. I'll adjust like:
> 
> -c, -f, -v
> --{no-,}preserve-root
> --recursive
> --reference
> --$command_specific
> --help
> --version

That attached patch handles this,
and fixes an issue where --dereference
was not documented in `chcon`

cheers,
Pádraig.

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