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

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: 10369 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10369: coreutils: [PATCH] doc: homologize ch{con, grp, mod,
	own} option descriptions
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 22:44:32 +0100

Pádraig Brady wrote:
> 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`

Thanks!

> Subject: [PATCH] doc: homologize ch{con,grp,mod,own} option descriptions
>
> * src/chgrp.c (usage): Group associated options together
> and minimize the individual messages between these four utils.

minimize differences between?

> * src/chmod.c: Likewise.
> * src/chown.c: Likewise.
> * src/chcon.c (usage): Likewise.  Add documention for
> the --dereference option.
>
> Suggested by Paul Eggert and Jari Aalto

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