GNU bug report logs - #57604
[ef]grep usage -> POSIXLY_CORRECT?

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Karl Berry <karl <at> freefriends.org>

Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2022 22:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 58502, 60257, 66582

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From: Gary Johnson <garyjohn <at> spocom.com>
To: 57604 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57604: [ef]grep usage -> POSIXLY_CORRECT?
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2022 05:36:10 -0700

On 2022-09-07, Simon Josefsson via Bug reports for GNU grep wrote:

> Personally, I'd rather have tools exit with an error code on invalid
> uses rather than issuing warning messages.

The warning messages are merely annoying.  Returning a non-zero exit
status would break scripts, and in many cases, silently.

Regards,
Gary
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