GNU bug report logs - #15758
grep 2.15 calls abort() on larger searches with -P

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Dave Reisner <dreisner <at> archlinux.org>

Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:40:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 15759

Done: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Santiago <santiago <at> mcafee.int>, 15758-done <15758 <at> mcafee.int>,  730472 <730472 <at> mcafee.int>
Cc: 15758-done <15758 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, 730472 <730472 <at> bugs.debian.org>
Subject: bug#15758: Bug#730472: bug#15758: grep 2.15 calls abort() on larger searches with -P
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 11:01:24 -0800

On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:
> I expect to push that patch as-is and defer to a separate commit
> (or maybe even skip altogether) any portability hack that might warn
> or disable PCRE support when detecting the broken library.

Pushed.  Let's take any discussion of grep's workaround for Debian's
PCRE problem to a new thread/issue.


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