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gzip: zgrep takes -R option, but not -r or --recursive

From:	Paul Eggert
Subject:	gzip: zgrep takes -R option, but not -r or --recursive
Date:	Sat, 30 Dec 2006 22:47:19 -0800
User-agent:	Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux)

Re <http://bugs.debian.org/225864>:

zgrep -R was never supported, and I don't think it actually worked.
In CVS gzip, -R now elicits a diagnostic, much as -r does:

  zgrep: -R: option not supported

This fix should appear in gzip 1.3.10.

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