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bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line |
Date: |
Tue, 10 Jul 2018 18:55:25 +0300 |
> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
> Cc: 32093@debbugs.gnu.org, dak@gnu.org, michael.albinus@gmx.de
> Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2018 17:43:46 -0400
>
> > But is there a good reason why we use HELLO for that? Why not README,
> > say, whose first line will always start with "Copyright"?
>
> I don't think there's a reason to use HELLO in particular. etc/README
> doesn't have Copyright on the first line, but it does have COPYRIGHT at
> the beginning of a line (I think we do want something specifically in
> etc/, because we know `data-directory' tells us where to find it).
I meant the top-level README, which I think always will include a
Copyright line.
But that was just a suggestion. I see Paul decided to continue using
etc/HELLO, just with a different search patterns. If we are OK with
that, we can put that issue to rest.
There's still a broader issue of whether a test done with plain 'grep'
holds for any other "grep-like" program. I'm not sure what to do with
that.
We could even take one more step back and ask ourselves why do we need
this particular test. I believe it's because we want to support file
names with embedded newlines, in which case perhaps such niche use
cases could be supported by a special command or a special user
option? I mean, it sounds strange to let a tail wag the dog, no?
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, (continued)
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, Michael Albinus, 2018/07/08
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, David Kastrup, 2018/07/08
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, Michael Albinus, 2018/07/08
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, David Kastrup, 2018/07/08
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, Noam Postavsky, 2018/07/08
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, David Kastrup, 2018/07/08
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, Eli Zaretskii, 2018/07/08
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, David Kastrup, 2018/07/08
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, Noam Postavsky, 2018/07/09
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, David Kastrup, 2018/07/10
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, Noam Postavsky, 2018/07/10
- bug#32093: 27.0.50; M-x grep appends /dev/null to command line, Noam Postavsky, 2018/07/09