From unknown Tue Jun 24 15:42:51 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#23340: -E switch missing from the sed man/info pages Resent-From: "Don Crissti" Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-sed@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:29:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 23340 X-GNU-PR-Package: sed X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 23340@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-sed@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.14613388898100 (code B ref -1); Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:29:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Apr 2016 15:28:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43414 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1atd05-00026a-1b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:28:09 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34495) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1atYrC-0002QI-7b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:02:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1atYr6-0007dx-Hw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:02:37 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE,MIME_HTML_ONLY,XPRIO autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:40616) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1atYr6-0007dt-F7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:02:36 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53695) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1atYr2-0001df-Ao for bug-sed@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:02:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1atYqx-0007at-9B for bug-sed@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:02:32 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:56541) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1atYqx-0007ap-0G for bug-sed@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:02:27 -0400 Received: from [84.247.9.201] by 3capp-mailcom-bs11.server.lan (via HTTP); Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:02:24 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: From: "Don Crissti" Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:02:24 +0200 Importance: normal Sensitivity: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:Pqe1t8kt5RdHXhmr77pOs79Smm+g7Yce/hnD6ZD21dh spS7u0KrHvJ7XCgWbNM+7Vlz6VsXoR4olmDU5xAxZWIlqxKYg/ FQOn8OpfIr4jeG6QJr3KyS4oyQcLnmEQz2MtNH5gHq41NENwj7 6gNoK4QchSUsY81CbsEvWQE8yBBUKTy274vm+Yst5GZvGd+5Ad 2znSL5xyocIf5ne0EfL8Sb4hjcqFXNqJPzYoBvM4nZwukbQCuD Z1In7IT3NI/Nz/AIq4CITL/D/sFgDwNVHQtn8qV7yE/dzmrBOf +8CwuFZCElE1BgqzfOcZkP5w6Mc X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:WkndoX8ZpYQ=:D4Z5hmVPmvj9dHJeEIziey VoOZeIdqMh2QjMVDRBdlw1KliokGMuY2tQq2L66QU9y2VwlKeDSxANVz1mTHZmzSnaRHRhKmd QwGHYbrIKGftmOgmlZqxxBxk4VL/Pwyw2LW4LzNbZbPgDnQhGx1qdRdZZu+b2E5/eRLsyNUcb GsxxgMowPAubEeZko00+uVA2qZmf2Mz6KG3WYaMmcElQqsUDfThIv+siKhQkDti5uIevcYSLp 1DdaKVvZ+Tpbx8WivWbcJFopi0nQpRnNJV7PRXEXvLnl6z436ZoEU6yLsXEDhEUVv8XyAo5Qk jkrgCk1PSQxtCsjMXlT5HH54FmB84kAgVuPhIFzgokK1bw5CAP9bQ5p2YfvJtX9zFcDIh7X8U r2oIrSxZwbJZulEGVvX7aAtvxEihNqC4x5jp+ZpiTL23G4ss3POY/Gza9OyVSBzZMunuBnrKc MhTsZ3TGaA== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:28:08 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---)
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).
 
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Don
From unknown Tue Jun 24 15:42:51 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.505 (Entity 5.505) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: "Don Crissti" Subject: bug#23340: closed (Re: bug#23340: -E switch missing from the sed man/info pages) Message-ID: References: X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 23340 X-Gnu-PR-Package: sed Reply-To: 23340@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 04:01:02 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1461384062-14281-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1461384062-14281-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #23340: -E switch missing from the sed man/info pages which was filed against the sed package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 23340@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 23340: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D23340 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1461384062-14281-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 23340-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Apr 2016 04:00:12 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43536 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1atojs-0003hG-IK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2016 00:00:12 -0400 Received: from mail-oi0-f66.google.com ([209.85.218.66]:36044) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1atojq-0003gF-5D for 23340-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 23 Apr 2016 00:00:10 -0400 Received: by mail-oi0-f66.google.com with SMTP id i2so16583599oib.3 for <23340-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:00:10 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=+43FaoiBU1zWMNq2haZKmuZ4iA6hwSimiBr/qJnciq0=; b=AKNRJol/gb5lKwvfwzJGvOPzq8xHhyG35nG7BNaknHLaX27NLKZw/+2OzRxXSWeiqY JDWTu6TWnBcSErbFtSmsx0frY9uQFc9xs9b1EnHjGI6Xq0flMxGOKDJhxYh5yAxO0E1u oqkZa4qu/kvBpgoLHS8WNVEYKOyDYhLHC96YSp90LqOsdPy7PFNMlCTF/S9W1vzBFKMn Ai9FIBeGHz/1eYN/btyF4Uf+6+M5Z8uapda3/YtQSBphd390Ros6cuoZEqLHj7Rf7kBV qAV7d/eXdez9DiLr5vTpNsv7RHzcgQEfjojUGJOdZiBgtv3rW75WudEASaj18+VucdPP 19/w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=+43FaoiBU1zWMNq2haZKmuZ4iA6hwSimiBr/qJnciq0=; b=V3qdW7JAAAqRcWEQp0ehU7lQeZU/gjcZLsH1HQKJZwTHzMEmRjyKQrgoyOE6854yRX YVLhP0wpp2nR6/U+UtMzc7/QE4MYPc57u81ZLvFnKH1ai619G9ImKOHjIOPiITv8kAJz F2GuauPkWEHNMx5M9FIGMcy1HO2vDM8A4CuHNAKpdYWkIx9r5zD9hRgfQ3t5vguiA2Fg WCF7dD2t2EwN8HzX0Qag0XgXI2/SLZ/igJBWKfH4WqB/RefBzm2UekNG27DgukW/bRTR 0yG33sOhOhmrQ1ReABXqDrUPNcvgEKX0GoE4ZWu1+zFx17qCuSfo7PfGr4oZS1HzezSZ ueoQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FX6YDfu2yqX+Qwug/zqibBKaa8WXNprVEsAizkYn9E16V96S0KBBLwUd6+tkiSRmAJGBWa6NcjeAhoFmw== X-Received: by 10.157.44.66 with SMTP id f60mr9451394otb.163.1461384004341; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 21:00:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.202.175.193 with HTTP; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:59:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Jim Meyering Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 20:59:44 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: IguDgv-QeM3h3FS8t9VZoYFgFbk Message-ID: Subject: Re: bug#23340: -E switch missing from the sed man/info pages To: Don Crissti Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 23340-done Cc: 23340-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 4:02 AM, Don Crissti 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. ------------=_1461384062-14281-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Apr 2016 15:28:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43414 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1atd05-00026a-1b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:28:09 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34495) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1atYrC-0002QI-7b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:02:42 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1atYr6-0007dx-Hw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:02:37 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE,MIME_HTML_ONLY,XPRIO autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:40616) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1atYr6-0007dt-F7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:02:36 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53695) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1atYr2-0001df-Ao for bug-sed@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:02:36 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1atYqx-0007at-9B for bug-sed@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:02:32 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.18]:56541) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1atYqx-0007ap-0G for bug-sed@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2016 07:02:27 -0400 Received: from [84.247.9.201] by 3capp-mailcom-bs11.server.lan (via HTTP); Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:02:24 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: From: "Don Crissti" To: bug-sed@gnu.org Subject: -E switch missing from the sed man/info pages Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 13:02:24 +0200 Importance: normal Sensitivity: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:Pqe1t8kt5RdHXhmr77pOs79Smm+g7Yce/hnD6ZD21dh spS7u0KrHvJ7XCgWbNM+7Vlz6VsXoR4olmDU5xAxZWIlqxKYg/ FQOn8OpfIr4jeG6QJr3KyS4oyQcLnmEQz2MtNH5gHq41NENwj7 6gNoK4QchSUsY81CbsEvWQE8yBBUKTy274vm+Yst5GZvGd+5Ad 2znSL5xyocIf5ne0EfL8Sb4hjcqFXNqJPzYoBvM4nZwukbQCuD Z1In7IT3NI/Nz/AIq4CITL/D/sFgDwNVHQtn8qV7yE/dzmrBOf +8CwuFZCElE1BgqzfOcZkP5w6Mc X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:WkndoX8ZpYQ=:D4Z5hmVPmvj9dHJeEIziey VoOZeIdqMh2QjMVDRBdlw1KliokGMuY2tQq2L66QU9y2VwlKeDSxANVz1mTHZmzSnaRHRhKmd QwGHYbrIKGftmOgmlZqxxBxk4VL/Pwyw2LW4LzNbZbPgDnQhGx1qdRdZZu+b2E5/eRLsyNUcb GsxxgMowPAubEeZko00+uVA2qZmf2Mz6KG3WYaMmcElQqsUDfThIv+siKhQkDti5uIevcYSLp 1DdaKVvZ+Tpbx8WivWbcJFopi0nQpRnNJV7PRXEXvLnl6z436ZoEU6yLsXEDhEUVv8XyAo5Qk jkrgCk1PSQxtCsjMXlT5HH54FmB84kAgVuPhIFzgokK1bw5CAP9bQ5p2YfvJtX9zFcDIh7X8U r2oIrSxZwbJZulEGVvX7aAtvxEihNqC4x5jp+ZpiTL23G4ss3POY/Gza9OyVSBzZMunuBnrKc MhTsZ3TGaA== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:28:08 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.0 (---)
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).
 
Regards,
 
Don
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