From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 05:45:56 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: doc: tty: mention the removal of the -s option from POSIX
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doc: tty: mention the removal of the -s option from POSIX

* doc/coreutils.texi (tty invocation): Mention that POSIX.1-2001 removed
the -s option and that portable scripts can redirect standard out to
/dev/null instead.
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diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi
index acbb5454a2..5fe87ace5c 100644
--- a/doc/coreutils.texi
+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi
@@ -15403,6 +15403,8 @@ The program accepts the following option.  Also see @ref{Common options}.
 @optItemx{tty,--quiet,}
 Print nothing; only return an exit status.
 
+POSIX.1-2001 removed the @option{-s} option.  Portable shell scripts
+should redirect standard output to @file{/dev/null} instead.
 @end table
 
 @cindex exit status of @command{tty}