Subject: Re: bug#21760: timeout: Feature Request: --verbose ==> output if timeout

From: Pádraig Brady <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 10:21:11 -0800

On 27/11/17 07:18, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
> [sending again, because the first try came back with some unclear
> error message, and the message didn't show up on the ML so far.]
> 
> On 11/24/2017 02:48 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> Pushed with those improvements.
> 
> Sorry, this comes a bit late.
> 
> That change only added support for the long option, so the attached
> makes timeout also recognize the short -v option as advertized in
> usage+texi.

Blush. Please apply.

> BTW: what do you think about a new syntax-check rule to verify that
> all options in usage are actually supported?
> Some of the option checks for some utilities might become complicated,
> but maybe still worth ...

I've caught this particular issue myself in a couple of patches from others,
so I'll write a syntax check later today hopefully.

thanks!
Pádraig