On 01/04/2012 05:06 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
the difference here is that GREP_OPTIONS=-r,
no matter how debatable it is, is not an unintentional mistake
Yes, but this is completely addressed by the proposed patch in
<http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grep/2012-01/msg00058.html>,
no?
Yes.
The main disadvantages are:
Yes, those are other reasonable arguments. You're getting me
to like that proposed patch more and more....
Plus -R has been proposed for "recurse if not symlink" on the bug
tracker. I'd say, go ahead and commit that patch.
Thanks!
Paolo
