[debbugs-tracker] bug#20088: closed (-a changes whether a match is found)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #20088,
regarding -a changes whether a match is found
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> Wed, 11 Mar 2015 10:38:28 -0700
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> --text (-a) is documented to change only the output, not grep's exit status.
> Yet, it does change the exit status here:
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>   $ printf "a\0b\n" | LC_ALL=C src/grep -la a.b; echo $?
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>   $ printf "a\0b\n" | LC_ALL=C src/grep -l  a.b; echo $?
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> Noted by Andreas Schwab in https://bugs.gnu.org/20080.
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> Re: bug#20088: -a changes whether a match is found
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> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On 03/11/2015 10:38 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
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> >> --text (-a) is documented to change only the output, not grep's exit
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> > It is documented, albeit too tersely.  I tried to improve it by installing
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> Thanks, Paul.  In which case I'm closing this issue, too.
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