GNU bug report logs - #16499
GNU grep-2.16-1.mga4 , grep-2.16 from sources and grep from git master HEAD get stuck during an LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 search inside a short binary file

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Shlomi Fish <shlomif <at> shlomifish.org>

Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 18:47:03 UTC

Severity: normal

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 16499-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
To: Shlomi Fish <shlomif <at> shlomifish.org>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini <at> gnu.org>, shlomif <shlomif <at> gmail.com>,
 16499-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: GNU grep-2.16-1.mga4 , grep-2.16 from sources and grep from git
 master HEAD get stuck during an LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 search inside a short
 binary file
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:56:21 -0800

tags 16499 notabug
close 16499
thanks

Thank you for investigating.  I agree that it sure looks like the bug
is in libpcre, and not in grep itself.  If you haven't already
reported it to libpcre developers, would you please do that?
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