This patch is for PR 31357. I've applied the patch in the issue with a
minor copy-edit.
-Sandra
2018-11-17 Nick Clifton <ni...@redhat.com>
Sandra Loosemore <san...@codesourcery.com>
PR driver/31357
gcc/
* doc/invoke.texi (Overall Options): Document that --help and
--help=<value> options cannot be combined.
Index: doc/invoke.texi
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--- doc/invoke.texi (revision 266239)
+++ doc/invoke.texi (working copy)
@@ -1676,7 +1676,9 @@ optimization options, use:
The @option{--help=} option can be repeated on the command line. Each
successive use displays its requested class of options, skipping
-those that have already been displayed.
+those that have already been displayed. If @option{--help} is also
+specified anywhere on the command line then this takes precedence
+over any @option{--help=} option.
If the @option{-Q} option appears on the command line before the
@option{--help=} option, then the descriptive text displayed by
