On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 7:39 AM Emanuele Torre <torreemanue...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have noticed the _N_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_ (where N is the pid of > grep) environment variable mentioned in the documentation. I tried to > play with it, but it does not seem to work: > > bash-5.1$ (declare -x _"$BASHPID"_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_=1111111 > > exec grep -e) > grep: option requires an argument -- 'e' > Usage: grep [OPTION]... PATTERNS [FILE]... > Try 'grep --help' for more information. > > I have checked gnulib's changelog and it looks like support for it has > been removed in 2017, and before that it has not been enabled by default > since 2001. (and, as far as I can tell, GNU grep never explicitly > enabled it.) > > Furthermore, this environment variable used to be set this environment > variable automatically by bash up to version 2.0, but since version 2.01 > (released in 1997) bash has stopped using it. > > I think, at this point, it would be best to not mention that environment > variable in the documentation; it has not been used or even supported > for a long time so it is just confusing.
Thank you for noticing and reporting that. Done with the attached.
grep-_N_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_.patch
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