Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 621832
Man page is missing options mentioned in --help
Last modified: 2012-05-11 04:24:37 EDT
Description of problem: In 'rpm --help' there are some options printed that are not mentioned in the man page. For example: rpm --define rpm --eval rpm --macros (and maybe some others) can be found in 'rpm --help', but can't be found in 'man rpm'. I believe the man page should describe all available options. Certainly all options available in --help printout should be mentioned there. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm-4.8.1-2.fc13.x86_64
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The same problem is in Fedora 14.
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The manual has seen quite a few additions since this was reported, eg --eval and --define are now documented. --macros is something that would probably be better off being hidden than documented as its not a particularly useful option, being the way it is.
(In reply to comment #5) > --macros is something that would probably be > better off being hidden than documented as its not a particularly useful > option, being the way it is. Let's document then why it is not particularly useful. Having this information is better than not having it at all.