[Bug 545675] Re: warn about GREP_OPTIONS in the man page

[Ma Xiaojun]

Make sense.

But you'd request upstream instead.

http://www.gnu.org/software/grep/

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Title:
  warn about GREP_OPTIONS in the man page

Status in “grep” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grep

  the many bug reports we have about problems caused by GREP_OPTIONS
  justifies a warning in the man page.

  i'm thinking of something along these lines:
  ----
  GREP_OPTIONS
  This variable specifies default options to be placed in front of any explicit options. For example, ...
  WARNING: setting this variable will most likely cause (system) scripts to break in a strange and obscure way. it is better to use an alias (see man bash) instead.
  ----

  related: bug #67141

  see following bug reports for problems caused by GREP_OPTIONS
  bug #75031
  bug #257984
  bug #398393
  bug #540733

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