Doc is misleading

[Ian Lance Taylor]

Matthew Woehlke <mw_triad@users.sourceforge.net> writes:

> I don't care if it gives a 500 page dissertation on the meaning of
> life. :-) 'info gcc' says this:
> 
> <quote>
>   You can mix options and other arguments.  For the most part, the order
> you use doesn't matter.  Order does matter when you use several options
> of the same kind; for example, if you specify `-L' more than once, the
> directories are searched in the order specified.
> </quote>
> 
> ...which IMO is misleading and should be fixed. While it might be nice
> if we did, I don't think it is critical that we explain things here in
> depth, as long as we /avoid/ giving the impression that no explanation
> is needed, and that things work a particular way /which is wrong/. Two
> or three sentences would be a great convenience, but even just /one/
> could save a lot of headaches.

Thanks for the suggestion.  I just committed this patch to help avoid
this problem in future releases.

http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2007-05/msg01558.html

Ian