[PATCH] Remove obsolete admonishment of the GZIP environment variable
From: Alejandro Colomar <hidden>
Date: 2021-03-20 00:01:07
Subsystem:
the rest · Maintainer:
Linus Torvalds
From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> gzip deprecated the GZIP environment variable long ago. Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> [ alx: srcfix ] Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <redacted> --- man7/environ.7 | 9 ++------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man7/environ.7 b/man7/environ.7
index ee8ca97f6..d618ac749 100644
--- a/man7/environ.7
+++ b/man7/environ.7@@ -339,16 +339,11 @@ 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 , +.B MORE and -.BR GZIP . +.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),
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