[Bug driver/31350] gcc -v --help puts some output on std. out, and some on std. error.

[manu at gcc dot gnu.org]

https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31350

Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |manu at gcc dot gnu.org
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #5 from Manuel López-Ibáñez <manu at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Andrew Pinski from comment #1)
> Some of this is not a GCC bug but a binutils one I think or maybe not a bug
> at all.

At least all the GNU tools should follow the GNU Coding Guidelines:

https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/_002d_002dhelp.html#g_t_002d_002dhelp

Thus, the correct behavior is to use stdout for --help.

However, the output of "-v" is not "verbose help". You get the same output
independently of --help. It is simply verbose diagnostics about what GCC is
doing and they should go to stderr. Thus, this is not a bug.

If you find something in the output of --help= or --version that is printed to
stderr, please re-open.