The gen-manpages.py generates UNIX manual pages based on the -help output from the binairies that result from the build.

This means that the options documented vary based on the build system settings. In the manual pages that are checked in, we would like to document as many options as possible.

Ideally the script needs to check for:

• HAVE_SYSTEM so that -alertnotify and other notifications are documented
• ENABLE_WALLET so that wallet specific arguments are documented
• USE_UPNP so that UPnP arguments are documented
• ENABLE_ZMQ so that ZMQ arguments are documented

An alternative would be to generate the manual page from the source code instead (e.g. pick up and parse AddArg). This is much more complicated, though, due to use of strprintf and such.

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