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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From: Shlomi Fish <shlomif <at> shlomifish.org>
To: Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <bonzini <at> gnu.org>, shlomif <shlomif <at> gmail.com>, 16499-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#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
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:52:12 +0200

Hi,

On Tue, 21 Jan 2014 15:56:21 -0800
Jim Meyering <jim <at> meyering.net> wrote:

> 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?

reported here:

http://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1437

Thanks!

— Shlomi Fish

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