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df --si -h should emit a warning

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Mateusz Jończyk <mat.jonczyk <at> o2.pl>,
 Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>,
 Bernhard Voelker <mail <at> bernhard-voelker.de>
Cc: 16922 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16922: df --si -h should emit a warning
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 10:27:21 -0700

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On 03/03/2014 08:19 AM, Mateusz Jończyk wrote:
> W dniu 03.03.2014 04:02, Pádraig Brady pisze:
>> On 03/02/2014 05:38 PM, Bernhard Voelker wrote: Very few read info pages, and
>> anyway in this case we should be clear at the man page level.
> 
>> Mateusz stated the issue was that on a quick glance, the --si option wasn't
>> described well enough in isolation. Likewise, the description of -h requires
>> reading that of -H to know the power used. So hopefully the attached patch fixes
>> this and more.
> 
> This patch fixes only the --help output, not the man page (which should be done
> separately).

The man page is auto-generated from the --help output.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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