GNU bug report logs - #20088
-a changes whether a match is found

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 20088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>, 20088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
Subject: Re: bug#20088: -a changes whether a match is found
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 11:02:42 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 03/11/2015 10:38 AM, Jim Meyering wrote:
> --text (-a) is documented to change only the output, not grep's exit status.
>

It is documented, albeit too tersely.  I tried to improve it by 
installing the attached.

[0001-doc-clarify-how-a-matches.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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