GNU bug report logs - #10185
24.0.50; rgrep breaks when called programmatically

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Phil Hagelberg <phil <at> hagelb.org>

Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 19:09:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.50

Fixed in version 24.0.92

Done: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Phil Hagelberg <phil <at> hagelb.org>
Cc: 10185 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10185: 24.0.50; rgrep breaks when called programmatically
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:59:16 +0200

> Evaluating (rgrep "hello") results in "/bin/bash: hello: command not found"
>
> The docstring for rgrep claims that its first argument is intended to be
> a regexp, but clearly it's attempting to execute it via bash.

`rgrep' assumes that when the `FILES' argument is empty then a grep command
is specified in the `REGEXP' argument.  This should be documented.
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