Comment on GNU grep 2.12 changes behavior of recursion options, breaks existing scriptsComments−larrik14yThe biggest problem I see is: who the heck would expect a .12 release to break compatibility in an ancient and solid piece of software?−sneak14yWhy is grep being modified at all? It is clearly not broken.−Aglet14yTo quote a recent Coding Horror post, its bugs are now Common Law Features, and must be supported.
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The biggest problem I see is: who the heck would expect a .12 release to break compatibility in an ancient and solid piece of software?
Why is grep being modified at all? It is clearly not broken.
To quote a recent Coding Horror post, its bugs are now Common Law Features, and must be supported.