GNU bug report logs - #57696
grep: Document that GREP_COLORS requires --color

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Santiago Ruano Rincón <santiagorr <at> riseup.net>

Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 14:07:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

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From: Santiago Ruano Rincón <santiagorr <at> riseup.net>
To: bug-grep <at> gnu.org
Subject: grep: Document that GREP_COLORS requires --color
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 16:05:34 +0200

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Tags: patch

Dear grep upstream developers,

Please, consider the attached patch to document that the GREP_OPTIONS
environment variable requires the --color option to be taken into
account.

This is to solve https://bugs.debian.org/792385

Cheers,

 -- Santiago

[06-792385-color-default.patch (text/x-diff, attachment)]
[signature.asc (application/pgp-signature, inline)]
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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Santiago Ruano Rincón <santiagorr <at> riseup.net>
Cc: 57696 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57696: grep: Document that GREP_COLORS requires --color
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 13:15:32 -0500

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Thanks for reporting the documentation problem. I installed the 
attached, which isn't the same as the patch you suggested but which I 
hope addresses the confusion concisely. Please let me know if it's still 
confusing. Thanks.
[0001-doc-improve-GREP_COLORS-doc-Bug-57696.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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