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bug#10369: coreutils: [PATCH] chmod.c usage() order items alphabetically


From: Pádraig Brady
Subject: bug#10369: coreutils: [PATCH] chmod.c usage() order items alphabetically
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:11:11 +0000
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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

cheers,
Pádraig.





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