On Fri 01 Jul 2016 at 15:19:20 +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2016-07-01, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > On Fri 01 Jul 2016 at 13:56:22 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 11:42:58AM +0000, Curt wrote: > >> > On 2016-07-01, <to...@tuxteam.de> <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > >> > >> [...] > >> > >> > > GNU grep 2.20, Debian package grep 2.20-4.1 -- progress or regression? > >> > >> [...] > >> > >> > Must be progress. GNU grep 2.12 here. > > > > Bug #678652. > > He didn't write that.
No, you wrote it and I accidentally snipped a line when replying. But now we know why the manual for grep 2.20-4.1 says something different for -r/-R from the one for grep 2.12. An assessment will have to be made whether the knowlege gained outweighs the information not present. > > And just to get back vaguely to the topic. Why search the whole of /etc > > when apt and aptitude have their config files in /etc/apt? > > You'll have to ask Heinrich. Heinrich? I mailed the list, not Henrique de Moraes Holschuh. You too are welcome to offer an opinion.
