From 3dc94feb2e6378661f689469493bbef33fa7df85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Meyering Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 06:25:18 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: remove mention of unused _N_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_ envvar * doc/grep.texi (Environment Variables): This environment variable has not been usable for decades. Remove its documentation. * doc/grep.in.1: Likewise. Reported by Emanuele Torre torreemanuele6@gmail.com in https://bugs.gnu.org/62052 * THANKS.in: Add the name. --- THANKS.in | 1 + doc/grep.in.1 | 25 ------------------------- doc/grep.texi | 12 ------------ 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 37 deletions(-) diff --git a/THANKS.in b/THANKS.in index 17842e1..fd36192 100644 --- a/THANKS.in +++ b/THANKS.in @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ David J MacKenzie djm@catapult.va.pubnix.com David O'Brien obrien@freebsd.org 'Drake' Daham Wang drakewang@gmail.com Egmont Koblinger egmont@gmail.com +Emanuele Torre torreemanuele6@gmail.com Fernando Basso fernandobasso.br@gmail.com Florian La Roche laroche@redhat.com François Pinard pinard@iro.umontreal.ca diff --git a/doc/grep.in.1 b/doc/grep.in.1 index 90205ce..edc4bc7 100644 --- a/doc/grep.in.1 +++ b/doc/grep.in.1 @@ -1243,31 +1243,6 @@ front of the operand list and are treated as options. Also, POSIX requires that unrecognized options be diagnosed as \*(lqillegal\*(rq, but since they are not really against the law the default is to diagnose them as \*(lqinvalid\*(rq. -.B POSIXLY_CORRECT -also disables \fB_\fP\fIN\fP\fB_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_\fP, -described below. -.TP -\fB_\fP\fIN\fP\fB_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_\fP -(Here -.I N -is -.BR grep 's -numeric process ID.) If the -.IR i th -character of this environment variable's value is -.BR 1 , -do not consider the -.IR i th -operand of -.B grep -to be an option, even if it appears to be one. -A shell can put this variable in the environment for each command it runs, -specifying which operands are the results of file name wildcard -expansion and therefore should not be treated as options. -This behavior is available only with the GNU C library, and only -when -.B POSIXLY_CORRECT -is not set. . .SH NOTES This man page is maintained only fitfully; diff --git a/doc/grep.texi b/doc/grep.texi index 9b3aa03..621beaf 100644 --- a/doc/grep.texi +++ b/doc/grep.texi @@ -1060,18 +1060,6 @@ and are treated as options. This variable specifies the output terminal type, which can affect what the @option{--color} option does. @xref{General Output Control}. -@item _@var{N}_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_ -@vindex _@var{N}_GNU_nonoption_argv_flags_ @r{environment variable} -(Here @code{@var{N}} is @command{grep}'s numeric process ID.) -If the @var{i}th character of this environment variable's value is @samp{1}, -do not consider the @var{i}th operand of @command{grep} to be an option, -even if it appears to be one. -A shell can put this variable in the environment for each command it runs, -specifying which operands are the results of file name wildcard expansion -and therefore should not be treated as options. -This behavior is available only with the GNU C library, -and only when @env{POSIXLY_CORRECT} is not set. - @end table The @env{GREP_OPTIONS} environment variable of @command{grep} 2.20 and -- 2.40.0.rc2