Bug#287682: diff: -I options documentation for "regexp" is wrong (fwd)

[Santiago Vila]

Hello.

Received this from the Debian bug system:

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From: Jari Aalto <address@hidden>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <address@hidden>
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:30:19 +0200
Subject: Bug#287682: diff: -I options documentation for "regexp" is wrong

Package: diff
Version: 2.8.1-7
Severity: normal

Manual page reads:
 
      -I RE  --ignore-matching-lines=RE
              Ignore changes whose lines all match RE.

However, this is not the "normal" regexp, but only half hearted
grep-compatible regexps.

There should be a note, that egrep-style constructs like grouping are
not supported.