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-E switch missing from the sed man/info pages

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: "Don Crissti" <don_crissti <at> gmx.com>
Subject: bug#23340: closed (Re: bug#23340: -E switch missing from the sed
 man/info pages)
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 04:01:02 +0000

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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 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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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.

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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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