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run.<p>
<li><tt>-args &lt;arguments&gt;</tt><br>
+
All arguments specified after <tt>-args</tt> are passed into the
- executed program when the program must be executed.<p>
+ executed program when the program must be executed. Note that if the
+ program takes an argument which starts with a '-', you should use:
+ <p>
+ <tt>bugpoint .... -args -- (the arguments here)</tt>
+ <p>
+ The "<tt>--</tt>" right after the <tt>-args</tt> option tells
+ <tt>bugpoint</tt> to consider any options starting with <tt>-</tt> to be
+ part of the <tt>-args</tt> option, not as options to <tt>bugpoint</tt>
+ itself.<p>
<li><tt>-disable-(adce,dce,final-cleanup,simplifycfg)</tt><br>
<tt>bugpoint</tt> uses several passes internally for cleanup routines to