GNU bug report logs - #15773
grep-2.15 bug report

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Mirraz Mirraz <mirraz1 <at> rambler.ru>

Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:09:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 15773 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Mirraz Mirraz <mirraz1 <at> rambler.ru>
Cc: 15773 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#15773: grep-2.15 bug report
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:55:45 -0700

On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Mirraz Mirraz <mirraz1 <at> rambler.ru> wrote:
>
> After updating from 2.14 to 2.15 grep has started to fail to match patterns
> that contain '\s*' or '\s\+'
> For example:
>
> (grep-2.14)
> $ echo '[ ]' | grep '\s*'
> [ ]
> $
>
> (grep-2.15)
> $ echo '[ ]' | grep '\s*'
> $

Thank you for the report.
That is clearly a regression.  That is now the most compelling (of 3)
reasons to make a new release.
This bug report was last modified 11 years and 135 days ago.

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