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bug#57613: grep man page tries to rewrite POSIX history
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Paul Eggert |
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bug#57613: grep man page tries to rewrite POSIX history |
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Date: |
Tue, 6 Sep 2022 14:28:12 -0500 |
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On 9/6/22 07:28, Geoff Clare wrote:
They were included in POSIX.2-1992 but marked as obsolescent.
Ouch, as I recall reading POSIX.2-1992 and seeing egrep and fgrep
mentioned, but not as part of the standard. I guess I misread the
standard. I am away from my printed copy and so cannot easily check this
now.
I installed the attached which I hope clears this up.
0001-Fix-obsolescence-doc-for-egrep-fgrep.patch
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