GNU bug report logs - #33291
"blank" character class not documented

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Steven Penny <svnpenn <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2018 17:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #10 received at 33291-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Steven Penny <svnpenn <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 33291-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33291: "blank" character class not documented
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 20:02:49 -0800

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
On 11/6/18 8:40 AM, Steven Penny wrote:

> GNU Grep supports the "[:blank:]" class as well - but is not documented:
> 
> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/grep.git/tree/doc/grep.in.1?id=30e666c#n796

Thanks for reporting this mismatch between the main documentation and the man page. I installed the attached patch to fix it.

[0001-doc-add-blank-to-man-page.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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