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From:
Crystal Kolipe <kolipe.c@exoticsilicon.com>
Subject:
Re: random(6): document -h option
To:
Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@usta.de>
Cc:
Alexander Farber <alexander.farber@gmail.com>, tech@openbsd.org
Date:
Wed, 7 Jan 2026 12:37:08 +0000

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On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 10:43:53AM +0100, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Programs using -h for "help" are much fewer: compress(1), dig(1), flex(1),
> gzip(1), keynote(1), ld.lld(1), nc(1), smtp(1), tmux(1), unifdef(1),
> adduser(8), ifstated(8), pfctl(8), sftp-server(8), smtpd(8).

Being pedantic, ld.lld doesn't support -h for help, only the long form --help
is implemented.

The -h option is actually an alias for --soname.

> Not a very strong objection if other developers disagree,
> but i'd prefer discarding this patch and treating this fluff
> as intentionally undocumented.

Same here.