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authorEugene Syromyatnikov <evgsyr@gmail.com>2017-12-21 14:10:49 +0100
committerDmitry V. Levin <ldv@altlinux.org>2017-12-21 13:12:36 +0000
commit138b417723d9cab2cace6bc7e26665e0194234a7 (patch)
tree4ac29d8dd36a4bab2e606194f504891198a82528
parentf23647875052856c522e80834b4f03056a052866 (diff)
downloadstrace-138b417723d9cab2cace6bc7e26665e0194234a7.tar.gz
strace.1.in: clarify -F option behaviour
* strace.1.in <.TP \-F>: Extend deprecation warning. Describe behaviour of multiple instances of -F and interoperability of -F and -f.
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diff --git a/strace.1.in b/strace.1.in
index 61293cfa6..6f1b64211 100644
--- a/strace.1.in
+++ b/strace.1.in
@@ -787,8 +787,15 @@ Show some debugging output of
itself on the standard error.
.TP
.B \-F
-This option is now obsolete and it has the same functionality as
-.BR \-f .
+This option is deprecated. It is retained for backward compatibility only
+and may be removed in future releases.
+Usage of multiple instances of
+.B \-F
+option is still equivalent to a single
+.BR \-f ,
+and it is ignored at all if used along with one or more instances of
+.B \-f
+option.
.TP
.B \-h
Print the help summary.