GNU bug report logs - #23340
-E switch missing from the sed man/info pages

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Package: sed;

Reported by: "Don Crissti" <don_crissti <at> gmx.com>

Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:29:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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bug#23340; Package sed. (Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:29:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
Acknowledgement sent to "Don Crissti" <don_crissti <at> gmx.com>:
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From: "Don Crissti" <don_crissti <at> gmx.com>
To: bug-sed <at> gnu.org
Subject: -E switch missing from the sed man/info pages
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:02:24 +0200

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Reply sent to Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>:
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Notification sent to "Don Crissti" <don_crissti <at> gmx.com>:
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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Don Crissti <don_crissti <at> gmx.com>
Cc: 23340-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23340: -E switch missing from the sed man/info pages
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:59:44 -0700

On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 4:02 AM, Don Crissti <don_crissti <at> gmx.com> wrote:
> As some of us know, gnu sed has been accepting the '-E' switch (to enable
> ERE) for quite some time now, in addition to the '-r' switch ('-E' will also
> be in the next major issue of the POSIX sed spec). However, the '-E' option
> is completely unknown to the general public as there is no mention of this
> switch in the info / man pages (gnu sed 4.2.2 if it matters).

Thanks for the report.
That was fixed by this change from over 2.5 years ago:

  http://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/sed.git/commit/?id=v4.2.2-9-g8b65e07

which highlights nicely why I should soon release sed-4.3. By replying
to the -done address, I'm marking this issue as resolved.
bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 21 May 2016 11:24:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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