retitle 93708 [fixed in gcc-3.0] man versus info inconsistency (-W and -Wall) thanks
Alexandre Duret-Lutz writes: > Package: gcc > Version: 1:2.95.3-7 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > > The man page for gcc reads > > [...] > -W Print extra warning messages for these events: > [...] > -Wall All of the above `-W' options combined. These are > [...] > > Which I understand means -Wall implies -W. > > On the other hand the info manual says just the converse: > > [...] > The following `-W...' options are not implied by `-Wall'. Some of > [...] > `-W' > Print extra warning messages for these events: > [...] > > I beleive the man page is wrong. Please read the WARNING section of the man page. The info documentation is up to date. In gcc-3.0 the man page is generated from the info docs and up to date again.
