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@@ -299,8 +299,9 @@ The following command-line options are recognized by the commands {\tt
\section{Compiled libraries checker ({\tt coqchk})}
-The {\tt coqchk} command takes a list of library paths as argument.
-The corresponding compiled libraries (.vo files) are searched in the
+The {\tt coqchk} command takes a list of library paths as argument, described
+either by their logical name or by their physical filename, which must end in
+{\tt .vo}. The corresponding compiled libraries (.vo files) are searched in the
path, recursively processing the libraries they depend on. The content
of all these libraries is then type-checked. The effect of {\tt
coqchk} is only to return with normal exit code in case of success,
@@ -330,9 +331,12 @@ code, it cannot be guaranteed that the produced compiled libraries are
correct. {\tt coqchk} is a standalone verifier, and thus it cannot be
tainted by such malicious code.
-Command-line options {\tt -I}, {\tt -R}, {\tt -where} and
+Command-line options {\tt -Q}, {\tt -R}, {\tt -where} and
{\tt -impredicative-set} are supported by {\tt coqchk} and have the
-same meaning as for {\tt coqtop}. Extra options are:
+same meaning as for {\tt coqtop}. As there is no notion of relative paths in
+object files {\tt -Q} and {\tt -R} have exactly the same meaning.
+
+Extra options are:
\begin{description}
\item[{\tt -norec} {\em module}]\ %