Re: --help should not require --srcdir

[Sam Steingold]

> * Eric Blake <address@hidden> [2011-07-28 11:35:30 -0600]:
>
>> However, there is no reason for any program to report an error when
>> given the --help switch, no matter where the program is located.
>
> Yes there is, if the program can do nothing useful in its current
> location.

try "ls --help" in an unreadable directory.
it will print help, not report an error saying that the current
directory is not readable.

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