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commit 6b237fa6db5a28d6598cb0fb67b9324cf2d88432
Author: Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com>
Date:   Mon Jun 10 22:29:29 2024 +0300

    Remove undocumented --nostalgia option.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 40182148..d43486fe 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2024-06-10         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+       * main.c (nostalgia): Remved function.
+       [COPYRIGHT_YEAR]: Bumped to 2024.
+       (main): Removed --nostalgia from options and from handling.
+       * NEWS: Updated.
+
 2024-06-08         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
        * io.c: Remove check for OSF/1.  It's too obsolete now.
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 47804114..01f25825 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ Changes from 5.3.0 to 5.3.x
 
 6. Support for OSF/1 has been removed.
 
-7. As usual, there have been several minor code cleanups and bug fixes.
+7. The never-documented --nostalgia option has been removed. It was
+   causing bug reports.
+
+8. As usual, there have been several minor code cleanups and bug fixes.
    See the ChangeLog for details.
 
 Changes from 5.2.x to 5.3.0
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index fb60bca7..8dab6331 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2024-06-10         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
+
+       * gawk.texi, awkcard.in, gawk.1: Removed hidden references to
+       --nostalgia option.
+
 2024-06-08         Arnold D. Robbins     <arnold@skeeve.com>
 
        * gawk.texi (Feature History): Document removal of support
diff --git a/doc/awkcard.in b/doc/awkcard.in
index bbbb288b..8a22e1c2 100644
--- a/doc/awkcard.in
+++ b/doc/awkcard.in
@@ -223,13 +223,6 @@ remains unique.
 Use ``\*(FC\-W \*(FIoption\*(FR''
 for full POSIX compliance.
 .sp .5
-.ig
-.\" This option is left undocumented, on purpose.
-\*(FC\-\^\-nostalgia\*(FR%T{
-provide a moment of nostalgia for
-long time \*(AK users.
-T}
-..
 .de TI \" table item
 .ti -4n
 \\$1
diff --git a/doc/gawk.1 b/doc/gawk.1
index 2154b228..d69cb4e8 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.1
+++ b/doc/gawk.1
@@ -284,14 +284,6 @@ Recognize octal and hexadecimal values in input data.
 Force
 .I gawk
 to use the locale's decimal point character when parsing input data.
-.ig
-.\" This option is left undocumented, on purpose.
-.TP
-.BR "\-W nostalgia" ", " \-\^\-nostalgia
-Provide a moment of nostalgia for long time
-.I awk
-users.
-..
 .TP
 \fB\-o\fR[\fIfile\fR], \fB\-\^\-pretty-print\fR[\fB=\fIfile\fR]
 Output a pretty printed version of the program to
diff --git a/doc/gawk.texi b/doc/gawk.texi
index 70e72e41..0b28605c 100644
--- a/doc/gawk.texi
+++ b/doc/gawk.texi
@@ -5203,18 +5203,6 @@ blank.
 @c If these came out in the Info file or TeX document, then they wouldn't
 @c be undocumented, would they?
 
-@command{gawk} has one undocumented option:
-
-@table @code
-@item -W nostalgia
-@itemx --nostalgia
-Print the message @samp{awk: bailing out near line 1} and dump core.
-This option was inspired by the common behavior of very early versions of
-Unix @command{awk} and by a t--shirt.
-The message is @emph{not} subject to translation in non-English locales.
-@c so there! nyah, nyah.
-@end table
-
 Early versions of @command{awk} used to not require any separator (either
 a newline or @samp{;}) between the rules in @command{awk} programs.  Thus,
 it was common to see one-line programs like:
@@ -41643,6 +41631,13 @@ environments.
 @item
 Support for OSF/1 was removed.
 
+@ignore
+@item
+The undocumented @option{--nostalgia} was removed; it was
+causing bug reports, especially downstream in some of the
+GNU/Linux distributions.
+@end ignore
+
 @end itemize
 
 @c XXX ADD MORE STUFF HERE
diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 8a1adda7..4ef0208d 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  */
 
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991-2023,
+ * Copyright (C) 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991-2024,
  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  *
  * This file is part of GAWK, the GNU implementation of the
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  */
 
 /* FIX THIS BEFORE EVERY RELEASE: */
-#define UPDATE_YEAR    2023
+#define UPDATE_YEAR    2024
 
 #include "awk.h"
 #include "getopt.h"
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static void init_vars(void);
 static NODE *load_environ(void);
 static NODE *load_procinfo(void);
 static void catchsig(int sig);
-static void nostalgia(void) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
 static void version(void) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
 static void init_fds(void);
 static void init_groupset(void);
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ bool using_persistent_malloc = false;
 enum do_flag_values do_flags = DO_FLAG_NONE;
 bool do_itrace = false;                        /* provide simple instruction 
trace */
 bool do_optimize = true;               /* apply default optimizations */
-static int do_nostalgia = false;       /* provide a blast from the past */
 static int do_binary = false;          /* hands off my data! */
 static int do_version = false;         /* print version info */
 static const char *locale = "";                /* default value to setlocale */
@@ -188,7 +186,6 @@ static const struct option optab[] = {
 #endif
        { "non-decimal-data",   no_argument,            NULL,   'n' },
        { "no-optimize",        no_argument,            NULL,   's' },
-       { "nostalgia",          no_argument,            & do_nostalgia, 1 },
        { "optimize",           no_argument,            NULL,   'O' },
 #if defined(YYDEBUG) || defined(GAWKDEBUG)
        { "parsedebug",         no_argument,            NULL,   'Y' },
@@ -336,9 +333,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
        if (gawk_mb_cur_max == 1)
                load_casetable();
 
-       if (do_nostalgia)
-               nostalgia();
-
        /* check for POSIXLY_CORRECT environment variable */
        if (! do_posix && getenv("POSIXLY_CORRECT") != NULL) {
                do_flags |= DO_POSIX;
@@ -651,9 +645,6 @@ usage(int exitval, FILE *fp)
        fputs(_("\t-S\t\t\t--sandbox\n"), fp);
        fputs(_("\t-t\t\t\t--lint-old\n"), fp);
        fputs(_("\t-V\t\t\t--version\n"), fp);
-#ifdef NOSTALGIA
-       fputs(_("\t-W nostalgia\t\t--nostalgia\n"), fp);
-#endif
 #ifdef GAWKDEBUG
        fputs(_("\t-Y\t\t\t--parsedebug\n"), fp);
 #endif
@@ -1346,20 +1337,6 @@ catchsig(int sig)
        /* NOTREACHED */
 }
 
-/* nostalgia --- print the famous error message and die */
-
-static void
-nostalgia()
-{
-       /*
-        * N.B.: This string is not gettextized, on purpose.
-        * So there.
-        */
-       fprintf(stderr, "awk: bailing out near line 1\n");
-       fflush(stderr);
-       abort();
-}
-
 #ifdef USE_PERSISTENT_MALLOC
 /* get_pma_version --- get a usable version string out of PMA */
 

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Summary of changes:
 ChangeLog      |  7 +++++++
 NEWS           |  5 ++++-
 doc/ChangeLog  |  5 +++++
 doc/awkcard.in |  7 -------
 doc/gawk.1     |  8 --------
 doc/gawk.texi  | 19 +++++++------------
 main.c         | 27 ++-------------------------
 7 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)


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