From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-19.2 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,NICE_REPLY_A,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABB52C433DB for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:00:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7878264FB3 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:00:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S231321AbhCJT7n (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:59:43 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:46876 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S231396AbhCJT7Z (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:59:25 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-x329.google.com (mail-wm1-x329.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::329]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CD55BC061760 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:59:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wm1-x329.google.com with SMTP id u5-20020a7bcb050000b029010e9316b9d5so8540262wmj.2 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:59:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=cmMVCbTqHVrZ+axqvyBMVW68c5PMGcOaIox8UrxKWjc=; b=OjOIF+WhgjW1zdbGnM2lVm4nDBGD7WuTHyMyUbWX7J8hkcZA8m9hX1u6U1kFyWc1af CCR+JPrm1YbGV+98Bme5M1BinH22c/Ps30tWIdlWMOGWgTq1iQB0tQUKkAqfkyqY2k8N 9Z2u01FE+jPcgQrdOpx8KXzwdy384ZlQbTFdWFT6Yaim0ijDtlLFqzLzpWFaDsxipUX5 TAECSSfCiNOKGG7C0WGwUqX4Jh3ZBH7p659dtRdP2wgNtyp/MLMxkI+T+hetWV7wQp1h WDdrZy8g1tX6errVLxmR/HEdqlwO7BlMPkzVReq8zUu5pEC5mKjFmsLebC0yDrZ6b2xE KCxA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=cmMVCbTqHVrZ+axqvyBMVW68c5PMGcOaIox8UrxKWjc=; b=k2r4w/mhnthfR5ywXNVhJlBbamwv7mEnBZvBN3laU1rFyVlAEHhimTn139O8AsgcAw Tg58OylLpFQVxqSrvr3/rMILWTsJQOR5WhKgVLmxPBsb6PmlXcL8OWx3/Pgo5GjfkUpb /VdENgujvXZt1A9gQmqcW/myp7IHC3f8eEwlmnRX/rbM/ZJFgOyfW+xFDT0T9MIW57Kp fWwGeIOyZU8ygOLbRQ086LOgSRLp9zOZvX16zsY+JIZY70QYiQ6UXhPVvrbi+ucczm67 5TrSYuz8D2sep4R5FuffHOw6/uLyJM5jLw64PR5WYYfwz5M4b6N5xM3gsSk5C2JmKdGl 8k5Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530wJ8OIMHafBGqyb8R/leyUFiIHfVIauDH8Q4DqGreEIsJNc/dB 3oDr38ORzt1x32jp5iy5VYU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwA2AHj7nHaAee4Hs/7XGojsIfhL8wGoQpEXF/48wacGxUZnSf56Fn34zm3s099Xoc5mfpOOQ== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:7402:: with SMTP id p2mr4769654wmc.43.1615406363510; Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:59:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.143] ([170.253.51.130]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x6sm465417wmj.32.2021.03.10.11.59.22 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:59:23 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove obsolete admonishment of the GZIP environment variable To: Josh Triplett , linux-man@vger.kernel.org, Michael Kerrisk References: From: "Alejandro Colomar (man-pages)" Message-ID: Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:59:22 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.8.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hi Josh, On 3/8/21 8:07 PM, Josh Triplett wrote: > gzip deprecated the GZIP environment variable long ago. > > Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett Thanks for the patch. I applied it, with a minor cosmetic tweak in the source. See . We write variable names and such in separate lines, with nothing but punctuation, so 'and' belongs to a different line. Thanks, Alex > --- > man7/environ.7 | 10 ++-------- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man7/environ.7 b/man7/environ.7 > index ee8ca97f6..77d9d3950 100644 > --- a/man7/environ.7 > +++ b/man7/environ.7 > @@ -339,16 +339,10 @@ etc.). > However, in some traditional uses such an environment variable > gives options for the program instead of a pathname. > Thus, one has > -.BR MORE , > -.BR LESS , > -and > -.BR GZIP . > +.BR MORE and > +.BR LESS . > Such usage is considered mistaken, and to be avoided in new > programs. > -The authors of > -.I gzip > -should consider renaming their option to > -.BR GZIP_OPT . > .SH SEE ALSO > .BR bash (1), > .BR csh (1), > -- Alejandro Colomar Linux man-pages comaintainer; https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/