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29.0.50; [PATCH] `eshell-eval-using-options' should report error for unrecognized option, even with no :external

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 53293 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#53293: 29.0.50; [PATCH] `eshell-eval-using-options' should report error for unrecognized option, even with no :external
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 20:00:00 -0800

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On 1/20/2022 3:48 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
>> Cc: 53293 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:13:33 -0800
>>
>> The changes to `source' and `.' might warrant a NEWS entry, since it's a
>> (small) incompatible change; however, I think it's so rare that someone
>> would call "source --help" that it might not be worth adding to NEWS.
>> I'll do whatever others think is best here, though.
> 
> I think a NEWS entry is called for, since the change in behavior is
> not backward-compatible.

Thanks. Here are updated patches with a NEWS entry to explain the change 
to `source' and `.'. I also rebased the first patch to fix a merge 
conflict with the patch for bug#27361.

[0001-Raise-an-error-from-eval-eval-using-options-for-unkn.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

[0002-Don-t-use-eshell-eval-using-options-for-eshell-sourc.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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