Big cleanup in config help and description

Redundant help texts (one which only repeats the description)
are deleted.

Descriptions and help texts are trimmed.

Some config options are moved, even across menus.

No config option _names_ are changed.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 9c46a93..20ed965 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@
 //config:	bool "Optimize for size instead of speed"
 //config:	default y
 //config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
-//config:	help
-//config:	  Compile ash for reduced size at the price of speed.
 //config:
 //config:config ASH_INTERNAL_GLOB
 //config:	bool "Use internal glob() implementation"
@@ -46,6 +44,23 @@
 //config:	  Do not use glob() function from libc, use internal implementation.
 //config:	  Use this if you are getting "glob.h: No such file or directory"
 //config:	  or similar build errors.
+//config:	  Note that as of now (2017-01), uclibc and musl glob() both have bugs
+//config:	  which would break ash if you select N here.
+//config:
+//config:config ASH_BASH_COMPAT
+//config:	bool "bash-compatible extensions"
+//config:	default y
+//config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
+//config:
+//config:config ASH_JOB_CONTROL
+//config:	bool "Job control"
+//config:	default y
+//config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
+//config:
+//config:config ASH_ALIAS
+//config:	bool "Alias support"
+//config:	default y
+//config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
 //config:
 //config:config ASH_RANDOM_SUPPORT
 //config:	bool "Pseudorandom generator and $RANDOM variable"
@@ -63,88 +78,60 @@
 //config:	default y
 //config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
 //config:	help
-//config:	  "PS#" may contain volatile content, such as backquote commands.
+//config:	  $PS# may contain volatile content, such as backquote commands.
 //config:	  This option recreates the prompt string from the environment
 //config:	  variable each time it is displayed.
 //config:
-//config:config ASH_BASH_COMPAT
-//config:	bool "bash-compatible extensions"
-//config:	default y
-//config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
-//config:	help
-//config:	  Enable bash-compatible extensions.
-//config:
 //config:config ASH_IDLE_TIMEOUT
-//config:	bool "Idle timeout variable"
-//config:	default n
-//config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
-//config:	help
-//config:	  Enables bash-like auto-logout after $TMOUT seconds of idle time.
-//config:
-//config:config ASH_JOB_CONTROL
-//config:	bool "Job control"
-//config:	default y
-//config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
-//config:	help
-//config:	  Enable job control in the ash shell.
-//config:
-//config:config ASH_ALIAS
-//config:	bool "Alias support"
+//config:	bool "Idle timeout variable $TMOUT"
 //config:	default y
 //config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
 //config:	help
-//config:	  Enable alias support in the ash shell.
+//config:	  Enable bash-like auto-logout after $TMOUT seconds of idle time.
 //config:
-//config:config ASH_GETOPTS
-//config:	bool "Builtin getopt to parse positional parameters"
+//config:config ASH_MAIL
+//config:	bool "Check for new mail in interactive shell"
 //config:	default y
 //config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
 //config:	help
-//config:	  Enable support for getopts builtin in ash.
+//config:	  Enable "check for new mail" function:
+//config:	  if set, $MAIL file and $MAILPATH list of files
+//config:	  are checked for mtime changes, and "you have mail"
+//config:	  message is printed if change is detected.
 //config:
 //config:config ASH_BUILTIN_ECHO
-//config:	bool "Builtin version of 'echo'"
+//config:	bool "echo builtin"
 //config:	default y
 //config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
-//config:	help
-//config:	  Enable support for echo builtin in ash.
 //config:
 //config:config ASH_BUILTIN_PRINTF
-//config:	bool "Builtin version of 'printf'"
+//config:	bool "printf builtin"
 //config:	default y
 //config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
-//config:	help
-//config:	  Enable support for printf builtin in ash.
 //config:
 //config:config ASH_BUILTIN_TEST
-//config:	bool "Builtin version of 'test'"
+//config:	bool "test builtin"
 //config:	default y
 //config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
-//config:	help
-//config:	  Enable support for test builtin in ash.
 //config:
 //config:config ASH_HELP
 //config:	bool "help builtin"
 //config:	default y
 //config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
-//config:	help
-//config:	  Enable help builtin in ash.
 //config:
-//config:config ASH_CMDCMD
-//config:	bool "'command' command to override shell builtins"
+//config:config ASH_GETOPTS
+//config:	bool "getopts builtin"
 //config:	default y
 //config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
-//config:	help
-//config:	  Enable support for the ash 'command' builtin, which allows
-//config:	  you to run the specified command with the specified arguments,
-//config:	  even when there is an ash builtin command with the same name.
 //config:
-//config:config ASH_MAIL
-//config:	bool "Check for new mail on interactive shells"
+//config:config ASH_CMDCMD
+//config:	bool "command builtin"
 //config:	default y
 //config:	depends on ASH || SH_IS_ASH || BASH_IS_ASH
 //config:	help
-//config:	  Enable "check for new mail" function in the ash shell.
+//config:	  Enable support for the 'command' builtin, which allows
+//config:	  you to run the specified command or builtin,
+//config:	  even when there is a function with the same name.
 //config:
 //config:endif # ash options