Fix su/1 documentation of -

	* man/su.1.xml: With getopt, '-' does not need to be the last
	option, but it is recommended for portability.
	Closes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1100775

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a8c6f11cabdd38e896f56129c42b4587106f3de4..7d0cd6e67c6581e05d6229928baf1bacffe7411f 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-08-04  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
+
+       * man/su.1.xml: With getopt, '-' does not need to be the last
+       option, but it is recommended for portability.
+       Closes https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1100775
+
 2013-08-04  Nicolas François  <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
 
        * NEWS: Add NEWS entries.

diff --git a/man/su.1.xml b/man/su.1.xml
index b67041c87e72f5d4bfc5f4da3a5fb9482c4b9f5c..b950148ade4aa2af0e84cb2db1b3cad9e341dd55 100644 (file)
--- a/man/su.1.xml
+++ b/man/su.1.xml
@@ -175,9 +175,11 @@
            the user logged in directly.
          </para>
          <para>
-           When <option>-</option> is used, it must be specified as the last
-           <command>su</command> option.
-           The other forms (<option>-l</option> and <option>--login</option>)
+           When <option>-</option> is used, it must be specified before any
+           <option>username</option>.  For portability it is recommended
+           to use it as last option, before any
+           <option>username</option>.  The other forms
+           (<option>-l</option> and <option>--login</option>)
            do not have this restriction.
          </para>
        </listitem>