GNU bug report logs - #21088
Question about fgrep and egrep

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Package: grep;

Reported by: LCD 47 <lcd047 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 17:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: LCD 47 <lcd047 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: Question about fgrep and egrep
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 09:47:37 +0300

    This is not a bug report, but there doesn't seem to be any better
place for my question than this, so I'm asking it here.

    According to the manual:

: In addition, the variant programs egrep and fgrep are the same as grep
: -E and grep -F, respectively.  These variants are deprecated, but are
: provided for backward compatibility.

    Is there any plan to remove support for fgrep and egrep in the
predictible future?  If yes, is there any timeline set for that action?

    /lcd
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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: LCD 47 <lcd047 <at> gmail.com>, 21088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#21088: Question about fgrep and egrep
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2015 16:54:29 -0700

LCD 47 wrote:
> Is there any plan to remove support for fgrep and egrep in the
> predictible future?  If yes, is there any timeline set for that action?

No.  That being said, there's no rush to remove it.  If and when it's removed I 
assume the removal will be an install-time option.
Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 19 Jul 2015 00:09:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug closed, send any further explanations to 21088 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and LCD 47 <lcd047 <at> gmail.com> Request was from Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 19 Jul 2015 00:11:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sun, 16 Aug 2015 11:24:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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