Bug#93708: gcc: man versus info inconsistency (-W and -Wall)

[Matthias Klose <doko@cs.tu-berlin.de>]

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.