You're correct that the inconsistency should be resolved. As the documentation is inconsistent with the program, this is a bug, and I've adjusted its importance accordingly. There's no reason why this couldn't be fixed for 8.04 if someone is willing to implement the changes in grep and libpcre.
** Changed in: grep (Ubuntu) Importance: Wishlist => Low -- grep -P is not supported https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15051 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
