GNU bug report logs - #16895
[PATCH] grep: fix multiple bugs with bracket expressions

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:35:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Fixed in versions 16232, 16777

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Aharon Robbins <arnold <at> skeeve.com>, 16895 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16895: [PATCH] grep: fix multiple bugs with bracket expressions
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 13:21:33 -0800

On 02/28/2014 04:37 AM, Aharon Robbins wrote:
> Is that done at compile time in those locales, or at run time?

A bit of both.  At compile-time we check that the compile-time character 
set is compatible with ASCII (i.e., the C aka POSIX locale).  At 
run-time we check that the locale is indeed C aka POSIX.  Both checks 
need to succeed..

> GLIBC does support [[=a=]] and [[.ch.]], though, right?
>

Yes.
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