Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 12:52:11 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: HEADS UP: GNU grep 2.3 is now in 3.4-STABLE Message-ID: <20000102125211.A62593@relay.ucb.crimea.ua>
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Hi! /usr/bin/grep has been upgraded to GNU grep 2.3 in 3.4-STABLE. Here is the list of changes made, that could cause a breakage: o The -a option behaves differently. Prior to that, it caused `grep' to skip searching in binary files. Now, without -a option, when searching a binary file FOO, `grep' just reports `Binary file FOO matches' instead of outputting binary data. This is typically more useful than the old behavior, and it is also more consistent with other GNU utilities like `diff'. A file is considered to be binary if it contains a NUL (i.e. zero) byte. The new -a or --text option causes `grep' to assume that all input is text. (This option has the same meaning as with `diff'). Use it if you want binary data in your output. o The fts(3) library support (options -R, -H, -S and -P) has been dropped in favor of native recursive searching capabilities (options -r and -d). The -R has been made an alias to -r for backward compatibility, but was intentionally left undocumented in the manpage. Please consult the grep(1) manpage for any further details. See src/gnu/usr.bin/grep/NEWS for a full list of changes since GNU grep 2.0. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Sysadmin and DBA of the ru@ucb.crimea.ua United Commercial Bank, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.247.647 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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