warn about GREP_OPTIONS in the man page
Bug #545675 reported by
Lesmana Zimmer
This bug affects 1 person
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| grep (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: grep
the many bug reports we have about problems caused by GREP_OPTIONS justifies a warning in the man page.
i'm thinking of something along these lines:
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GREP_OPTIONS
This variable specifies default options to be placed in front of any explicit options. For example, ...
WARNING: setting this variable will most likely cause (system) scripts to break in a strange and obscure way. it is better to use an alias (see man bash) instead.
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related: bug #67141
see following bug reports for problems caused by GREP_OPTIONS
bug #75031
bug #257984
bug #398393
bug #540733
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| Ma Hsiao-chun (mahsiaochun) wrote | #1 |
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Make sense.
But you'd request upstream instead.
http://