yes, the manpage clearly states the reason and this was done deliberately after
a discussion upstream.
ltsp-build-client works completely different depending on what plugins are
enabled in your distro ...
having a less generic manpage would mean to maintain one for each distro or
even each derivative ...
one way to solve the problem would be to generate the manpage at package
buildtime, scan the vendor-plugin and common-plugin dirs and have code
that generates a manpage that matches the exact plugin list and pulls
options as well as all option descriptions out of the plugin code ...
given that ltsp back when we created the manpage had bigger probs to
solve than writing a complex option parser that generates proper manpage
code, the decision was to have a generic manpage that points to --extra-
help which in turn is generated from plugin code at runtime ...
o...@osiris:~$ man ltsp-build-client
...
NAME
ltsp-build-client - Builds an LTSP client system for use with the LTSP
server
SYNOPSIS
ltsp-build-client <options>
DESCRIPTION
ltsp-build-client builds an ltsp client chroot using standard packages
for use with the ltsp server. This chroot installation can be modified in a
number of ways as outlined in the OPTIONS section. If present, defaults will
be read from the configuration
file /etc/ltsp/ltsp-build-client.conf, and will be overridden by using
the command line options. ltsp-build-client is usually run as the root user.
Visit http://www.ltsp.org for more information.
OPTIONS
Not all options are available on all installations. For a complete list
of available options, use the --help and --extra-help options.
...
scott: the code that generates the help output for --extra-help could be
used to instead spit out a manpage at buildtime i suppose ...
** Also affects: ltsp
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: ltsp
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: ltsp
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: ltsp
Assignee: (unassigned) => Scott Balneaves (sbalneav)
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ltsp-build-client --extra-help options not documented in manpage
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