bug#57613: closed (grep man page tries to rewrite POSIX history)

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> grep man page tries to rewrite POSIX history
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> Tue, 6 Sep 2022 13:28:37 +0100
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> The grep 3.8 man page at https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/manual/grep.html 
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> egrep and fgrep were not standardized by POSIX
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> This is factually incorrect. They were included in POSIX.2-1992 but marked as 
> obsolescent. When POSIX.2-1992 and POSIX.1-1996 were merged (along with the 
> Single UNIX Specification) to form POSIX.1-2001, the obsolescent features from 
> POSIX.2-1992 were removed.
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> egrep and fgrep were not standardized by POSIX and are no longer needed
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> egrep and fgrep were marked obsolescent when they were standardized by POSIX in 
> 1992 and were removed in the 2001 revision; they have long been deprecated by 
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> (I have it second hand that the GNU deprecation occurred in 2007; you could 
> give that date instead of saying "long" if you can confirm it.)
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On 9/6/22 07:28, Geoff Clare wrote:

They were included in POSIX.2-1992 but marked as obsolescent.

Ouch, as I recall reading POSIX.2-1992 and seeing egrep and fgrep mentioned, but not as part of the standard. I guess I misread the standard. I am away from my printed copy and so cannot easily check this now.

I installed the attached which I hope clears this up.

0001-Fix-obsolescence-doc-for-egrep-fgrep.patch
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