[Swan-dev] Fedora 38 breaks egrep and fgrep
D. Hugh Redelmeier
hugh at mimosa.com
Sat Apr 22 19:05:30 EEST 2023
They each spit a diagnostic saying that they are going away. Not so
great for scripts.
https://mastodon.social/@cks/110232377928840323
There are 24 lines using or mentioning these in our tree.
git grep '\<[ef]grep\>' | wc -l
Worse: my fingers have been using egrep for 44 years. I wonder how long
it will take me to unlearn it. Typing "grep -E" is not easier than typing
"egrep". Grrr.
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