[Bug binutils/22260] New: strip -M listed in documentation but evokes "invalid option"

[okiddle at yahoo dot co.uk]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22260

            Bug ID: 22260
           Summary: strip -M listed in documentation but evokes "invalid
                    option"
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.29
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: binutils
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: okiddle at yahoo dot co.uk
  Target Milestone: ---

In the documentation or --help output, -M is listed as a synonym for
--merge-notes. However, it doesn't appear to actually work:

% strip -M t.o
strip: invalid option -- 'M'

I'm guessing documentation was copied from objcopy without the corresponding
code. --merge-notes does get suitably ignored.

Of course, the option is only asserting the default so probably doesn't get a
whole lot of use. I would also suggest that options that assert defaults are
left out of --help output to make it easier to find what's important.

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