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Bug#273084: pdftex.1.gz: --help has basic info that man page lacks



Well, traditionally man pages say more than --help.

f> The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found
f> in the info file ...
$ info pdftex
gets the manpage.

Wait, I see, you should say

The complete documentation for this version of TeX can be found in the
Info manual Web2C: A TeX implementation.

or something like that.

f> What wording would you suggest?

SYNOPSIS should agree with --help:
 pdftex [OPTION]... [TEXNAME[.tex]] [COMMANDS]
[or use lower case.]

Indeed, you could move the pdftex --help section running from
        Run pdfTeX on TEXNAME, usually creating TEXNAME.pdf.
to
        If no arguments or options are specified, prompt for input.
to the man page, because it rather belongs there.



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