[Bug 1856330] Re: journalctl missing grep

[Dan Streetman]

** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Eoan)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Disco)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Eoan)
       Status: New => Fix Released

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Disco)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

** Changed in: systemd (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Title:
  journalctl missing grep

Status in systemd package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in systemd source package in Bionic:
  Won't Fix
Status in systemd source package in Disco:
  Won't Fix
Status in systemd source package in Eoan:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  the man page for journalctl and the usage (journalctl --help)
  advertise an option (-g, --grep=) to grep the MESSAGE portion of
  events for a pcre pattern. journalctl is linked against libpcre, but
  doesn't recognize the option when used.

      $ journalctl -g dhcp
      journalctl: invalid option -- 'g'

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: systemd 237-3ubuntu10.33
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-22.24+system76~1573660262~18.04~d11b582~dev-generic 5.3.7
  Uname: Linux 5.3.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Dec 13 09:26:08 2019
  MachineType: System76, Inc. Wild Dog Performance
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.3.0-22-generic root=UUID=25721613-9f9a-4e8d-ac61-a6869852d0e2 ro ipv6.disable=1 usbhid.quirks=0x1B1C:0x1B13:0x400 quiet splash vt.handoff=1
  SourcePackage: systemd
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-10-05 (433 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/28/2013
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 0411
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: H87-PLUS
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
  dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: System76, Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Desktop
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0411:bd06/28/2013:svnSystem76,Inc.:pnWildDogPerformance:pvrwilp10:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnH87-PLUS:rvrRevX.0x:cvnSystem76,Inc.:ct3:cvrDesktop:
  dmi.product.family: ASUS MB
  dmi.product.name: Wild Dog Performance
  dmi.product.sku: All
  dmi.product.version: wilp10
  dmi.sys.vendor: System76, Inc.
  mtime.conffile..etc.systemd.resolved.conf: 2018-10-08T15:18:41.655856

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