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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2020-11-03 11:09:47 -0800
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2020-11-03 11:09:47 -0800
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grep: remove GREP_OPTIONS
* NEWS: Mention this. * doc/grep.in.1: Remove GREP_OPTIONS documentation. * doc/grep.texi (Environment Variables): Move GREP_OPTIONS stuff into a “no longer implemented” paragraph. * src/grep.c (prepend_args, prepend_default_options): Remove. (main): Do not look at GREP_OPTIONS. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS_ENVIRONMENTS): * tests/init.cfg (vars_): Remove GREP_OPTIONS.
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@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ GNU grep NEWS -*- outline -*-
* Noteworthy changes in release ?.? (????-??-??) [?]
+** Changes in behavior
+
+ The GREP_OPTIONS environment variable no longer affects grep's behavior.
+ The variable was declared obsolescent in grep 2.21 (2014), and since
+ then any use had caused grep to issue a diagnostic.
+
** Bug fixes
grep's DFA matcher performed an invalid regex transformation