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[Bug ada/4720] GNAT programs do not support --help and --version
- From: "jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 6 Jul 2003 16:56:37 -0000
- Subject: [Bug ada/4720] GNAT programs do not support --help and --version
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------- Additional Comments From jsm at polyomino dot org dot uk 2003-07-06 16:56 -------
Subject: Re: GNAT programs do not support --help and --version
On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, dhazeghi at yahoo dot com wrote:
> Any idea who to contact about this? I thought we required documentation
> for all components of gcc, and I certainly don't see why Ada should be
> different.
It's the Ada maintainers who should be dealing with this. It isn't a
GCC-specific requirement here; supporting --help and --version is a
requirement of the GNU Coding Standards, so all GNU programs should
support them with output in the correct format.