bug#57604: [ef]grep usage -> POSIXLY_CORRECT?

2022-09-08 Thread Jim Meyering
Hi Karl, Sorry to cause you grief, but... On Wed, Sep 7, 2022 at 7:49 PM Karl Berry wrote: > > [ef]grep > > I guess my basic issue is that I don't understand the benefit of the new > warning. It causes a lot of trouble. What is the countervailing > positive benefit? Some must care about p

bug#57604: [ef]grep usage -> POSIXLY_CORRECT?

2022-09-08 Thread Karl Berry
Hi Jim, Some must care about portability, Certainly agreed. Even I do, sometimes :). But that does not mean everyone needs to, in every situation. As I said, I fail to understand the benefit of making the warning unconditional. So far as I can see, it's also against GNU principles, as